Exodus 5:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 5:4 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 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲלֵהֶם֙
ʼêl
H413
to
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לָ֚מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
מֹשֶׁ֣ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן
ʼAhărôwn
H175
Aaron
תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ
pâraʻ
H6544
to let loose
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָעָ֖ם
ʻam
H5971
people
מִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יו
maʻăseh
H4639
work
לְכ֖וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם
çᵉbâlâh
H5450
burden
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
The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to leave off from their tasks? Go to your burdens.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).