Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!” New Living Translation Pharaoh replied, “Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their tasks? Get back to 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.” 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 labor!” King James Bible 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. 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.” 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!” NASB 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!” NASB 1977 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!” 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!” 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!” 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! ” Holman 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 work!” 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. 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their work? Get back to work!" 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! International Standard Version The king of Egypt replied to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping the people from their labor? Go back to your work!" Majority 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 labor!” NET Bible 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!" New Heart 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." 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. 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!” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the king of Egypt says to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you free the people from its works? Go to your burdens.” 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.' Smith's Literal Translation And the king of Egypt will say to them, For what Moses and Aaron, will ye let go loose the people from their works? go ye to your burdens. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe 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. Catholic Public Domain Version The king of Egypt said to them: “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? Go back to your burdens.” New American Bible The king of Egypt answered them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you make the people neglect their work? Off to your labors!” New Revised Standard Version 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!” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the King of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moshe and Aaron, stop the people from their works? Go to your work.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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.' Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Pharaoh's First Refusal…3“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.” 4But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!” 5Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”… Cross References Exodus 1:11-14 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. / But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. / They worked the Israelites ruthlessly ... Exodus 3:7-10 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. ... Exodus 6:6-9 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. / And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” ... Exodus 7:16 Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. Exodus 8:1-2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. / But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. Exodus 9:1-2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. / But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go, Exodus 10:3-4 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. / But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. Exodus 14:12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” Exodus 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident. Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. Nehemiah 9:9-10 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. Psalm 81:6-7 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. / You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah Isaiah 14:3-4 On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, / you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! Jeremiah 34:13-14 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying: / Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. Acts 7:34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’ Treasury of Scripture And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you to your burdens. wherefore. Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. Amos 7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. let. burdens. Exodus 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. Jump to Previous Aaron Break Burdens Cause Draw Egypt Free Hinder Loose Moses Wherefore Work WorksJump to Next Aaron Break Burdens Cause Draw Egypt Free Hinder Loose Moses Wherefore Work WorksExodus 5 1. Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message.6. He increases the Israelites' task. 16. He ignores their complaints. 19. They cry out to Moses and Aaron. 22. Moses complains to God. But the king of Egypt said This phrase introduces Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, who is a central figure in the narrative of the Exodus. Historically, Pharaohs were considered divine or semi-divine figures, wielding absolute power. In the Hebrew context, Pharaoh represents the epitome of earthly authority and opposition to God's will. The Hebrew word for "king" here is "מֶלֶךְ" (melek), emphasizing his role as a sovereign ruler. This sets the stage for the confrontation between God's chosen leaders and the earthly power of Egypt. Moses and Aaron why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor! Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the kingמֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Egypt מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to them, אֲלֵהֶם֙ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and Aaron, וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן (wə·’a·hă·rōn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses why לָ֚מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what do you draw תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ (tap̄·rî·‘ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6544: To loosen, to expose, dismiss, absolve, begin the people הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock away from their work? מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו (mim·ma·‘ă·śāw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property Get back לְכ֖וּ (lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to your work!” לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (lə·siḇ·lō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5450: Porterage Links Exodus 5:4 NIVExodus 5:4 NLT Exodus 5:4 ESV Exodus 5:4 NASB Exodus 5:4 KJV Exodus 5:4 BibleApps.com Exodus 5:4 Biblia Paralela Exodus 5:4 Chinese Bible Exodus 5:4 French Bible Exodus 5:4 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 5:4 The king of Egypt said to them (Exo. 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