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Exodus 5:17

17 And he said, “You are lazy, lazy! Therefore you are saying, ‘Let us go; let us sacrifice to Yahweh.’

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Exodus 5:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.

Exodus 5:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 But Pharaoh shouted, “You’re just lazy! Lazy! That’s why you’re saying, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 But he said, “You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 The king answered, “You are lazy! You don’t want to work! That is why you ask to leave here and make sacrifices to the Lord.

Exodus 5:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

Exodus 5:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And he said, Ye are idle, idle! therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

Exodus 5:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 “You’re lazy! ⸤Just plain⸥ lazy!” Pharaoh answered. “That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 But he said, “You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 He said, “You are lazy, lazy; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 Pharaoh said, “You just don’t want to work! That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Exodus 5:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 But he said, “You are lazy, very lazy; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’


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