Exodus 5:15
King James Version (KJV)
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
In context
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
Exodus 5:15 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
- WEB World English Bible
- Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, 'Why dost thou thus to thy servants?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants?