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


In Context

14 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, |Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?|

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, |Why do you deal this way with your servants?

16 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.|

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

18 Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!|

19 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, |You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!|

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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.