Exodus 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.””
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“Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 5:9 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 18:20You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
- Job 16:3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
- Jeremiah 43:2Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
- Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
- Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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