Exodus 5:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 5:22 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּ֧שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
מֹשֶׁ֛ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲדֹנָ֗י
ʼĂdônây
H136
lord
לָמָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
הֲרֵעֹ֨תָה֙
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
לָעָ֣ם
ʻam
H5971
people
הַזֶּ֔ה
zeh
H2088
this
לָ֥מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
זֶּ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
שְׁלַחְתָּֽנִי
shâlach
H7971
to send
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
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King James Version Public Domain
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Moses went back to Yahweh and said, “My Lord, why have you afflicted this people? Was this why you sent me?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).