Exodus 5:9

Exodus 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
• New International Version (NIV)Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words."
• New Living Translation (NLT)Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!”

Context of Exodus 5:9

7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.” 10And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw. 11Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”

Exodus 5:9 word by word

תִּכְבַּ֧ד הָעֲבֹדָ֛ה עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים וְיַעֲשׂוּ־בָ֑הּ וְאַל־יִשְׁע֖וּ בְּדִבְרֵי־שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let there more workעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656
• be laidכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• upon the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that they may labourעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• therein; and let them not regardשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · to gazeH8159
• vainשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Exodus 5:9

• 2 Kings 18:20You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
• Job 16:3Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
• Jeremiah 43:2that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.’
• Zechariah 1:6Yet surely My words and My statutes, Which I commanded My servants the prophets, Did they not overtake your fathers? “So they returned and said: ‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us, According to our ways and according to our deeds, So He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”
• Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Commentaries on Exodus 5:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-14Pharaoh increased the workload to punish their disobedience. He thought they had too much free time (5:8). He could not imagine a god revealing himself outside the royal worship system. He believed they invented their unusual religious ideas instead of working (see also 5:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-231. Moses and Aaron went in--As representatives of the Hebrews, they were entitled to ask an audience of the king, and their thorough Egyptian training taught them how and when to seek it. and told Pharaoh--When introduced, they delivered a message in the name of the God of Israel. This is the first time He is mentioned by that national appellation in Scripture. It seems to have been used by divine direction (Ex 4:2) and designed to put honor on the…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 5:9

• Brick
• Cruelty
• Servant
• Words

In the dictionaries

• Cover
• Demand
• Straw
• Tale
• Task
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Heavy; Heaviness
• Leviticus
• Ten Commandments, the

Commentaries on Exodus 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings