Exodus 5:17

Bible › Exodus › Chapter 5 › Verse 17

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

In other translations

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559נִרְפִּיםnirpim[are] idleH7503אַתֶּם'atemyouH859נִרְפִּיםnirpimidleH7503עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651אַתֶּם'atemyouH859אֹמְרִים'omerim[are] sayingH559נֵלְכָהnelekhahlet us goH1980נִזְבְּחָהnizbechahlet us sacrificeH2076לַיהוָה׃layahwehto YahwehH3068

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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