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 King James Version (NKJV)Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”

Context of Exodus 5:9

7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. 10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

Exodus 5:9 word by word

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

• 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 18:20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
• Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
• Jeremiah 43:2Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Yhwh our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
• Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as Yhwh of Armies thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
• Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before Yhwh of Armies?
• Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children 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
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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