Exodus 5:21

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And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

In other translations

And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֲלֵהֶם'alehemto themH413יֵרֶאyere'may he lookH7200יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068עֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemon youH5921וְיִשְׁפֹּטveyishpotand may he judgeH8199אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834הִבְאַשְׁתֶּםhiv'ashtemyou have made stinkH887אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֵיחֵנוּreichenuodor ourH7381בְּעֵינֵיbe'eineiin [the] eyes ofH5869פַרְעֹהfar'ohPharaohH6547וּבְעֵינֵיuve'eineiand in [the] eyes ofH5869עֲבָדָיו'avadavservants hisH5650לָתֶת־latet-to putH5414חֶרֶבchereva swordH2719בְּיָדָםbeyadamin hand theirH3027לְהָרְגֵנוּ׃leharegenuto kill usH2026

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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People and places

People: Pharaoh (Exodus 3)

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