Exodus 5:4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
KJV
Ait ad eos rex Ægypti : Quare Moyses et Aaron sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis ? ite ad onera vestra.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου Ἵνα τί, Μωυσῆ καὶ Ἀαρών, διαστρέφετε τὸν λαόν μου ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων; ἀπέλθατε ἕκαστος ὑμῶν πρὸς τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָ֚/מָּה מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְ/אַהֲרֹ֔ן תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ אֶת הָ/עָ֖ם מִ/מַּֽעֲשָׂ֑י/ו לְכ֖וּ לְ/סִבְלֹתֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Cross-references
- Exod 1:11 — Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exod 6:7 — And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Jer 38:4 — Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in