4And the king of Egypt saith unto them, 'Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'


In Context

1 And afterwards have Moses and Aaron entered, and they say unto Pharaoh, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Send My people away, and they keep a feast to Me in the wilderness;'

2 and 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.'

3 And they say, 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.'

4 And the king of Egypt saith unto them, 'Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'

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

6 And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

Exodus 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, wish to have the people go off from their works? Away, to your burdens!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works; go you to your burdens.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4The king of Egypt said to them, |Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you to your burdens.