2Pharaoh said, |Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.|


In Context

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, |This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'|

2 Pharaoh said, |Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.|

3 They said, |The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.|

4 The king of Egypt said to them, |Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!|

Exodus 5:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Pharaoh 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."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:2But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2and Pharaoh saith, 'Who is Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.