Exodus 8:26 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 8:26 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 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מֹשֶׁ֗ה
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
לֹ֤א
lôʼ
H3808
not
נָכוֹן֙
kûwn
H3559
to be established
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
כֵּ֔ן
kên
H3651
thus
כִּ֚י
kîy
H3588
that
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tôwʻêbah
H8441
abomination
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
נִזְבַּ֖ח
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
לַיהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הֵ֣ן
hên
H2005
behold
נִזְבַּ֞ח
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת
tôwʻêbah
H8441
abomination
מִצְרַ֛יִם
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם
ʻayin
H5869
eye
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִסְקְלֻֽנוּ
çâqal
H5619
to stone
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World English Bible Public Domain
Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
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King James Version Public Domain
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, because we will sacrifice an abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Look, we would sacrifice an abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and would they not stone us?
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