Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The king answered, "You are lazy and don't want to work, and that is why you ask me to let you go and offer sacrifices to the LORD. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. Matthew 26:8 And the disciples seeing it had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste? John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed. 2 Thessalonians 3:10,11 For also, when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat. . . . Context The Cry of the Israelites…16Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal. 17And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.18Go therefore and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.… Cross References Exodus 5:8 And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Exodus 5:16 Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal. Exodus 5:18 Go therefore and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks. Jump to Previous Idle Lazy Offering Pharaoh Remiss Sacrifice That's WorkJump to Next Idle Lazy Offering Pharaoh Remiss Sacrifice That's WorkLinks Exodus 5:17 NIVExodus 5:17 NLT Exodus 5:17 ESV Exodus 5:17 NASB Exodus 5:17 Bible Apps Exodus 5:17 Biblia Paralela Exodus 5:17 Chinese Bible Exodus 5:17 French Bible Exodus 5:17 German Bible Alphabetical: and are But go he is keep Lazy Let LORD' Pharaoh sacrifice said say saying That that's the therefore to us very what why you OT Law: Exodus 5:17 But he said You are idle! (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |