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Good News Translation
Exodus 5:9
Make them work harder and keep them busy, so that they won't have time to listen to a pack of lies."
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Hebrew Names Version
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
King James Version
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Lexham English Bible
Let the work be heavier on the men so that they will do it and not pay attention to words of deception."
Let the work be heavier on the men so that they will do it and not pay attention to words of deception."
New Century Version
Make these people work harder and keep them busy; then they will not have time to listen to the lies of Moses."
Make these people work harder and keep them busy; then they will not have time to listen to the lies of Moses."
New English Translation
Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!"
Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!"
Amplified Bible
"Let labor be heavier on the men, and let them work [hard] at it so that they will pay no attention to [their God's] lying words."
"Let labor be heavier on the men, and let them work [hard] at it so that they will pay no attention to [their God's] lying words."
New American Standard Bible
"Let the labor be heavier on the men, and have them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words."
"Let the labor be heavier on the men, and have them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lay more worke vpon the men, & cause them to do it, & let the not regard vaine words.
Lay more worke vpon the men, & cause them to do it, & let the not regard vaine words.
Legacy Standard Bible
Let their slavery be hard on the men, and let them work at it so that they will have no regard for false words."
Let their slavery be hard on the men, and let them work at it so that they will have no regard for false words."
Contemporary English Version
Make them work so hard that they won't have time to listen to these lies.
Make them work so hard that they won't have time to listen to these lies.
Complete Jewish Bible
Give these people harder work to do. That will keep them too busy to pay attention to speeches full of lies."
Give these people harder work to do. That will keep them too busy to pay attention to speeches full of lies."
Darby Translation
Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.
Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.
Easy-to-Read Version
So make these people work harder. Keep them busy. Then they will not have enough time to listen to the lies of Moses."
So make these people work harder. Keep them busy. Then they will not have enough time to listen to the lies of Moses."
English Standard Version
Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words."
Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words."
George Lamsa Translation
Let more work be assigned to the men, that they may be occupied, so that they may not think to engage in vain conversations.
Let more work be assigned to the men, that they may be occupied, so that they may not think to engage in vain conversations.
Christian Standard Bible®
Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”
Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”
Literal Translation
Let the bondage be heavy on the men, that they may work in it, and may not trust in the lying words.
Let the bondage be heavy on the men, that they may work in it, and may not trust in the lying words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let the men be kepte downe wt laboure, yt they maye haue to do, & not to turne them selues to false wordes.
Let the men be kepte downe wt laboure, yt they maye haue to do, & not to turne them selues to false wordes.
American Standard Version
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
Bible in Basic English
Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.
Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They must haue more worke layed vpon them, that they may labour therin, and not regarde vayne wordes.
They must haue more worke layed vpon them, that they may labour therin, and not regarde vayne wordes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.'
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.'
King James Version (1611)
Let there more worke be layde vpon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes.
Let there more worke be layde vpon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words.
Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words.
English Revised Version
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.
Berean Standard Bible
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies."
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
be thei oppressid bi werkis, and fille thei tho, that thei assente not to the false wordis.
be thei oppressid bi werkis, and fille thei tho, that thei assente not to the false wordis.
Young's Literal Translation
let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'
let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'
Update Bible Version
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor at it; and don't let them regard lying words.
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor at it; and don't let them regard lying words.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words.
Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words.
World English Bible
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
New King James Version
Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words."
Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words."
New Living Translation
Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!"
Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!"
New Life Bible
Let more work be given to the men so they will not have time to listen to lies."
Let more work be given to the men so they will not have time to listen to lies."
New Revised Standard
Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will labor at it and pay no attention to deceptive words."
Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will labor at it and pay no attention to deceptive words."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The service must be made heavy on the men that they may labour on it, - and let them not pay regard to words of falsehood.
The service must be made heavy on the men that they may labour on it, - and let them not pay regard to words of falsehood.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words.
Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words.
Revised Standard Version
Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words."
Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words."
"Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words."
Contextual Overview
3 Moses and Aaron replied, "The God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us. Allow us to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don't do so, he will kill us with disease or by war." 4 The king said to Moses and Aaron, "What do you mean by making the people neglect their work? Get those slaves back to work! 5 You people have become more numerous than the Egyptians. And now you want to stop working!" 6 That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen: 7 "Stop giving the people straw for making bricks. Make them go and find it for themselves. 8 But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before, not one brick less. They don't have enough work to do, and that is why they keep asking me to let them go and offer sacrifices to their God! 9 Make them work harder and keep them busy, so that they won't have time to listen to a pack of lies."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Let there more work be laid upon the men: Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men
vain words: 2 Kings 18:20, Job 16:3, Jeremiah 43:2, Zechariah 1:6, Malachi 3:14, Ephesians 5:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 2:11 - burdens Deuteronomy 26:6 - General
Cross-References
1 Chronicles 1:2
Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared.
Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared.
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let there more work be laid upon the men,.... Instead of lessening it, let it be increased, or "be heavy" k upon them, that it may oppress and afflict them and keep them down, and weaken their strength and their spirits, and diminish them:
that they may labour therein; and have no leisure time to spend in idleness and sloth:
and let them not regard vain words; or "words of falsehood" l and lies, such as were spoken by Moses and Aaron, promising them liberty and deliverance from their bondage, which he was determined never to grant, and so eventually make such words to appear to be vain and empty, falsehood and lies.
k ת××× "aggravetur", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. l ××××¨× "in verbis mendacii", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. "Verbis falsis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
