23and I have said to you, |Let my son go, that he may serve me;| and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'|


In Context

20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.

21 Yahweh said to Moses, |When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

23 and I have said to you, |Let my son go, that he may serve me;| and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'|

24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, |Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.|

Exodus 4:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:23and I told you, "Let my son go, so he may worship me." But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:23and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:23and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou shalt refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy first-born.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and — thou dost refuse to send him away — lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.