And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
WEB
Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”
YLT
Pharaoh also saith, `Lo, numerous now is the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'
DBT
And Pharaoh said, Behold the people of the land are now many, and ye wish to make them rest from their burdens.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus