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

7“You are not to give the people any more straw to make bricks, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8But impose on them the quota of bricks that they made previously; don’t reduce it. For they are lazy—that’s why they cry out saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let even heavier work be laid upon the men, so that they must labor, paying no attention to deceptive words.” 10Then the slave masters of the people went out, along with their officers, and they spoke to the people saying: “This is what Pharaoh says: I will not give you straw. 11Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, for there will be no reduction of your work.”

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 say you have a plan and military force for the battle—they are only words of a lip. Who do you rely on now, so that you have rebelled against me?
• Job 16:3Is there no end to your futile words? What compels you to answer?
• Jeremiah 43:2then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the insolent men responded, saying to Jeremiah: “You are telling a lie! Adonai our God has not sent you to say. ‘You must not go to Egypt to sojourn there.’
• Zechariah 1:6But My words and My decrees, which I commanded My servants the prophets—did they not overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said ‘As He determined, Adonai-Tzva’ot has dealt with us according to our ways and our deeds.’”
• Malachi 3:14You say: “Serving God is worthless.” Also: “What good is it that we kept His service or that we walked as mourners before Adonai-Tzva’ot?
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on 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
• 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