Exodus 5:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he saith, `Remiss -- ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:8 : 8 and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;
  • Matt 26:8 : 8 And having seen `it', his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose `is' this waste?
  • John 6:27 : 27 work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'
  • 2 Thess 3:10-11 : 10 for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, 11 for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 5:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'

    19And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, `Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.'

  • Exod 5:4-16
    13 verses
    84%

    4And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'

    5Pharaoh also saith, `Lo, numerous now `is' the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'

    6And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

    7`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves;

    8and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;

    9let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.'

    10And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, `Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,

    11ye -- go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find `it', for there is nothing of your service diminished.'

    12And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,

    13and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

    14And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, `Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?'

    15And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, `Why dost thou thus to thy servants?

    16Straw is not given to thy servants, and they are saying to us, Make bricks, and lo, thy servants are smitten -- and thy people hath sinned.'

  • Mal 1:13
    72%

    13And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.

  • Jer 25:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;

    7And ye have not hearkened unto Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.

  • Mal 2:17
    72%

    17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer `is' good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where `is' the God of judgment?'

  • Jer 17:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought `it' in by the gates of Jerusalem.

    22Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

  • Mal 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'

    14Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

  • Hag 1:5
    71%

    5And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.

  • Hag 1:7
    71%

    7Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,

  • Deut 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12`Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

    13six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

  • Jer 17:24
    70%

    24And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work --

  • Eccl 5:1
    70%

    1Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

  • Jer 2:5
    70%

    5Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

  • Hab 2:13
    70%

    13Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

  • Neh 13:18
    70%

    18Thus did not your fathers do? and our God bringeth in on us all this evil, and on this city, and ye are adding fierceness on Israel, to pollute the sabbath.'

  • Exod 10:25
    69%

    25and Moses saith, `Thou also dost give in our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and we have prepared for Jehovah our God;

  • Hos 9:5
    69%

    5What do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?

  • Prov 19:15
    69%

    15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

  • Exod 20:9
    69%

    9six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

  • Mal 1:7
    69%

    7Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: `In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: `The table of Jehovah -- it `is' despicable,'

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    69%

    12and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;'

  • Eccl 10:18
    69%

    18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

  • Num 14:41
    69%

    41And Moses saith, `Why `is' this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper;

  • Mal 1:10
    69%

    10Who `is' even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.

  • Hag 1:9
    68%

    9Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought `it' home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running -- each to his house,

  • 2 Chr 24:5
    68%

    5and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, `Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.

  • Josh 22:23
    68%

    23`we are' building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings -- Jehovah Himself doth require `it'.

  • Hag 2:17
    68%

    17I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hail -- All the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Exod 8:25
    68%

    25And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and to Aaron, and saith, `Go, sacrifice to your God in the land;'

  • Jer 42:13
    68%

    13`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

  • Num 28:25
    68%

    25and on the seventh day a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5
    68%

    5and they give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the overseers, in the house of Jehovah, and they give it to the doers of the work that `is' in the house of Jehovah, to strengthen the breach of the house,