Exodus 5:15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
Exodus 5:15 in other translations
| BSB | So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way? |
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| WEB | Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants? |
| ASV | Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? |
| YLT | And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, ‘Why dost thou thus to thy servants? |
| DARBY | Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen? |
| BBE | Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants? |
| Webster | Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants? |
What does Exodus 5:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:13-19
13-19. And the taskmasters hasted them ... officers ... beaten--As the nearest fields were bared and the people had to go farther for stubble, it was impossible for them to meet the demand by the usual tale of bricks. "The beating of the officers is just what might have been expected from an Eastern tyrant, especially in the valley of the Nile, as it appears from the monuments, that ancient Egypt, like modern China…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 5:10-23
The Egyptian task-masters were very severe. See what need we have to pray that we may be delivered from wicked men. The head-workmen justly complained to Pharaoh: but he taunted them. The malice of Satan has often represented the service and worship of God, as fit employment only for those who have nothing else to do, and the business only of the idle; whereas, it is the duty of those who are most busy in the world…
Exodus 5:15 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
- Exodus 5:15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
- Exodus 5:16
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
Exodus 5:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los capataces de los hijos de Israel vinieron á Faraón, y se quejaron á él, diciendo: ¿Por qué lo haces así con tus siervos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les commissaires des fils d’Israël vinrent et crièrent au Pharaon, disant: Pourquoi fais-tu ainsi à tes serviteurs? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da gingen die Vorsteher der Kinder Israel hinein und schrieen zu dem Pharao und sprachen: Warum tust du deinen Knechten also? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Veneruntque præpositi filiorum Israël, et vociferati sunt ad Pharaonem dicentes: Cur ita agis contra servos tuos? |