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Exodus 5:17

Exodus chapter 5 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.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.

v.17This passage

v.18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10

    For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

  • Matthew 26:8

    But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

  • John 6:27

    Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

  • Exodus 5:8

    And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.