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Exodus 5:17

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But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

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Exodus 5:17 in other translations

But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’

Exodus 5:17 · World English Bible

Exodus 5:17 in context

  1. 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
  2. 16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
  3. 17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
  4. 18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.
  5. 19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks.