Exodus 5:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?”

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BSBPD

“So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 5:15 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
  2. Job 3:18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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