Exodus 5:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
In context
7 “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
8 But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
10 So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
Exodus 5:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
- KJV King James Version
- Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
- WEB World English Bible
- Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words.