Exodus 5:9

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Exodus 5:9 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.

Exodus 5:9 New International Version (NIV)

Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

Exodus 5:9 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.”

Exodus 5:9 New Living Translation (NLT)

Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!”

Exodus 5:9 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”

Exodus 5:6-9 The Message (MSG)

Pharaoh took immediate action. He sent down orders to the slave-drivers and their underlings: “Don’t provide straw for the people for making bricks as you have been doing. Make them get their own straw. And make them produce the same number of bricks—no reduction in their daily quotas! They’re getting lazy. They’re going around saying, ‘Give us time off so we can worship our God.’ Crack down on them. That’ll cure them of their whining, their god-fantasies.”

Exodus 5:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”

Exodus 5:9 New Century Version (NCV)

Make these people work harder and keep them busy; then they will not have time to listen to the lies of Moses.”

Exodus 5:9 American Standard Version (ASV)

Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.

Exodus 5:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Let labor be heavier on the men, and let them work [hard] at it so that they will pay no attention to [their God’s] lying words.”