Exodus 5:17 - Revised Standard Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ But [Pharaoh] said, You are idle, lazy and idle! That is why you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Pharaoh replied, “You are lazy bums, nothing but lazy bums. That’s why you say, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the LORD.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he said: "You are idle. And for this reason you say, 'We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

Exodus 5:17 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 5:16

No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”

Exodus 5:18

Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks.”

Exodus 5:8

But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’

Matthew 26:8

But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”