ExodusJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareExodus 5Webster - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Exodus 1Exodus 2Exodus 3Exodus 4Exodus 5Exodus 6Exodus 7Exodus 8Exodus 9Exodus 10Exodus 11Exodus 12Exodus 13Exodus 14Exodus 15Exodus 16Exodus 17Exodus 18Exodus 19Exodus 20Exodus 21Exodus 22Exodus 23Exodus 24Exodus 25Exodus 26Exodus 27Exodus 28Exodus 29Exodus 30Exodus 31Exodus 32Exodus 33Exodus 34Exodus 35Exodus 36Exodus 37Exodus 38Exodus 39Exodus 40›Exodus 5ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. 2And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. 3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 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. 5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8And the number of the bricks which they made 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. 9Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words. 10And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. 12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw. 13And the task-masters hastened [them], saying, Fulfill your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's task-masters had set over them, were beaten, [and] demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore? 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thy own people. 17But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go, [and] do sacrifice to the LORD. 18Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. 19And the officers of the children of Israel saw [that] they [were] in evil [case], after it was said, Ye shall not diminish [aught] from your bricks of your daily task. 20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: 21And they said to them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to slay us. 22And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Lord, why hast thou [so] ill treated this people? why [is] it [that] thou hast sent me? 23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. ‹Previous chapterExodus 4Next chapterExodus 6›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsExodus 5 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain