9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words.|


In Context

6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

7 |You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words.|

10 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, |This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you straw.

11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'|

Exodus 5:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Make the work harder for the men so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let them be oppressed, with works, and let them fulfill them: that they may not regard lying words.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let there more work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words.