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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Exodus 5:4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore O Moses and Aaron should ye loose the people from their works? Get you to your burdens.
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Hebrew Names Version
The king of Mitzrayim said to them, "Why do you, Moshe and Aharon, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
The king of Mitzrayim said to them, "Why do you, Moshe and Aharon, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
King James Version
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
Lexham English Bible
And the king of Egypt said, "Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people from their work? Go to your forced labor!"
And the king of Egypt said, "Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people from their work? Go to your forced labor!"
New Century Version
But the king said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Go back to your jobs!
But the king said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Go back to your jobs!
New English Translation
The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!"
The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!"
Amplified Bible
But the king of Egypt said to Moses and Aaron, "Why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
But the king of Egypt said to Moses and Aaron, "Why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
New American Standard Bible
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you let the people neglect their work? Get back to your labors!"
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you let the people neglect their work? Get back to your labors!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.
Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your hard labors!"
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your hard labors!"
Contemporary English Version
The king said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping these people from working? Look how many you are keeping from doing their work. Now everyone get back to work!"
The king said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping these people from working? Look how many you are keeping from doing their work. Now everyone get back to work!"
Complete Jewish Bible
The king of Egypt answered them, "Moshe and Aharon, what do you mean by taking the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!
The king of Egypt answered them, "Moshe and Aharon, what do you mean by taking the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!
Darby Translation
And 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!
And 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!
Easy-to-Read Version
But Pharaoh said to them, "Moses and Aaron, you are bothering the workers. Let them do their work. Go back to your own work!
But Pharaoh said to them, "Moses and Aaron, you are bothering the workers. Let them do their work. Go back to your own work!
English Standard Version
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens."
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens."
George Lamsa Translation
And the king of Egypt said to them, Wherefore do you, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to stop from their work? Go back to your tasks.
And the king of Egypt said to them, Wherefore do you, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to stop from their work? Go back to your tasks.
Good News Translation
The king said to Moses and Aaron, "What do you mean by making the people neglect their work? Get those slaves back to work!
The king said to Moses and Aaron, "What do you mean by making the people neglect their work? Get those slaves back to work!
Christian Standard Bible®
The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to neglect their work? Get to your labor!”
The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to neglect their work? Get to your labor!”
Literal Translation
And the king of Egypt said to them, Moses and Aaron, why do you loose the people from their work? You go to your burdens.
And the king of Egypt said to them, Moses and Aaron, why do you loose the people from their work? You go to your burdens.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde ye kynge of Egipte vnto the: Why make ye ye people (thou Moses & Aaron) to leaue their worke? Get you hece to yor laboure.
The sayde ye kynge of Egipte vnto the: Why make ye ye people (thou Moses & Aaron) to leaue their worke? Get you hece to yor laboure.
American Standard Version
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
Bible in Basic English
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then saide the kyng of Egypt vnto them: wherfore do ye, Moyses and Aaron let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burthens.
Then saide the kyng of Egypt vnto them: wherfore do ye, Moyses and Aaron let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burthens.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king of Egypt said unto them: 'Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens.'
And the king of Egypt said unto them: 'Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, cause the people to break loose from their work? get you unto your burdens.'
King James Version (1611)
And the King of Egypt said vnto them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burdens.
And the King of Egypt said vnto them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burdens.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.
English Revised Version
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
Berean Standard Bible
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your work!"
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your work!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The kyng of Egipt seide to hem, Moises and Aaron, whi stiren ye the puple fro her werkis? Go ye to youre chargis.
The kyng of Egipt seide to hem, Moises and Aaron, whi stiren ye the puple fro her werkis? Go ye to youre chargis.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'
And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'
Update Bible Version
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? you get to your burdens.
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? you get to your burdens.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works; go you to your burdens.
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works; go you to your burdens.
World English Bible
The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
New King James Version
Then the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor."
Then the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor."
New Living Translation
Pharaoh replied, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their tasks? Get back to work!
Pharaoh replied, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their tasks? Get back to work!
New Life Bible
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Return to your work!"
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Return to your work!"
New Revised Standard
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Get to your labors!"
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Get to your labors!"
Douay-Rheims Bible
The 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 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.
Revised Standard Version
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get to your burdens."
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get to your burdens."
THE MESSAGE
But the king of Egypt said, "Why on earth, Moses and Aaron, would you suggest the people be given a holiday? Back to work!" Pharaoh went on, "Look, I've got all these people bumming around, and now you want to reward them with time off?"
But the king of Egypt said, "Why on earth, Moses and Aaron, would you suggest the people be given a holiday? Back to work!" Pharaoh went on, "Look, I've got all these people bumming around, and now you want to reward them with time off?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!"
But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!"
Contextual Overview
3 And they said, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us, - let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore O Moses and Aaron should ye loose the people from their works? Get you to your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Lo! many - now, are the people of the land, - and are ye to make them rest from their burdens? 6 So then Pharaoh gave command on that day, unto the taskmasters over the people and unto their overseers - saying: 7 Ye shall no more give straw unto the people, for making the bricks as heretofore: Let them, go, themselves, so shall they gather for themselves straw: 8 Nevertheless, the fixed number of bricks, which they have been making heretofore, shall ye lay upon them, ye shall not diminish therefrom, - for idle, they are, on this account, it is that they are making an outcry, saying, We must go our way, we must sacrifice to our God. 9 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.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wherefore: Jeremiah 38:4, Amos 7:10, Luke 23:2, Acts 16:20, Acts 16:21, Acts 24:5
let: Taphreeoo, from pard, to loose, disengage; and which we render let, from the Anglo-Saxon lettan, to hinder. Ye hinder the people from their work: "Get you unto your burdens." "Let religion alone and mind your work." The language not only of tyranny, but of thoughtless irreligion.
burdens: Exodus 1:11
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:7 - from under Exodus 10:11 - And they Jeremiah 32:3 - Wherefore
Cross-References
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Genesis 5:1
This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him:
This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him:
Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness after his image, - and called his name Seth:
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness after his image, - and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:7
and Seth lived, after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years, - and begat sons and daughters:
and Seth lived, after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years, - and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:10
and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan, eight hundred and fifteen years, - and begat sons and daughters;
and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan, eight hundred and fifteen years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:13
and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel, eight hundred and forty years, - and begat sons and daughters;
and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel, eight hundred and forty years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:19
and Jared lived after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters;
and Jared lived after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:22
and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters;
and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:26
and Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, - and begat sons and daughters;
and Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years, - and begat sons and daughters;
And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the king of Egypt said to them,.... For he was not struck dumb, as Artapanus g, afore cited writer, says:
wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? as they did when they gathered them together, and wrought signs before them; which Pharaoh it seems had heard of, and had got their names very readily:
get you unto your burdens; meaning not Moses and Aaron, ordering them to go about their private and family business, but the people they represented, and on whose account they came; and it is highly probable the elders of the people, at least some of them, were with them, to whom these words might be more particularly directed. See Exodus 3:18.
g Ut supra. (Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 434.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let - i. e. hinder.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 5:4. Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron — He hints that the Hebrews are in a state of revolt, and charges Moses and Aaron as being ringleaders of the sedition. This unprincipled charge has been, in nearly similar circumstances, often repeated since. Men who have laboured to bring the mass of the common people from ignorance, irreligion, and general profligacy of manners, to an acquaintance with themselves and God, and to a proper knowledge of their duty to him and to each other, have been often branded as being disaffected to the state, and as movers of sedition among the people! Exodus 5:17.
Let the people — תפריעו taphriu, from פרע para, to loose or disengage, which we translate to let, from the Anglo-Saxon [Anglo-Saxon] lettan, to hinder. Ye hinder the people from working. Get ye to your burdens. "Let religion alone, and mind your work." The language not only of tyranny, but of the basest irreligion also.
