17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.


In Context

14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and today, in making brick as heretofore?

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.

18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks.

Exodus 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Pharaoh said, "Lazy, that's what you are-lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord .'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go, and do sacrifice to the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, |You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And he saith, 'Remiss — ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.