5Then Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working."


In Context

2 Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord , that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go."

3 Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword."

4 But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!"

5 Then Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working."

6 That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and foremen in charge of the people:

7 "You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

Exodus 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Pharaoh said, |Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Pharaoh also saith, 'Lo, numerous now is the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.