Exodus 5:17

New International Reader's Version

Pharaoh said, “You are lazy! That’s why you keep saying, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Cross References

Exodus 5:16

You didn’t give us any straw. But you told us, ‘Make bricks!’ We are being whipped. But it’s the fault of your own people.”

Exodus 5:18

Now get to work. We won’t give you any straw. But you still have to make the same number of bricks.”

Exodus 5:8

But require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don’t lower the number they have to make. They are lazy. That’s why they are crying out, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to our God.’

Matthew 26:8

When the disciples saw this, they became angry. “Why this waste?” they asked.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”