Exodus 5 · Verse 20

Exodus 5:20

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
Exodus 5:20, King James Version

Exodus 5:20 in other translations

BSBWhen they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.
WEBThey met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh.
ASVAnd they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
YLTAnd they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh,
DARBYAnd they met Moses and Aaron, who stood there to meet them, as they came out from Pharaoh.
BBEAnd they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:
WebsterAnd they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

What does Exodus 5:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:20-21
20-21. they met Moses ... The Lord look upon you, and judge--Thus the deliverer of Israel found that this patriotic interference did, in the first instance, only aggravate the evil he wished to remove, and that instead of receiving the gratitude, he was loaded with the reproaches of his countrymen. But as the greatest darkness is immediately before the dawn, so the people of God are often plunged into the deepest affliction when on the eve of their deliverance; and so it was in this case.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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…

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Exodus 5:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙vai.yif.ge.'Uand they metH6293
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאֶֽת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
נִצָּבִ֖יםni.tza.VimstandingH5324
לִקְרָאתָ֑םlik.ra.Tamto meet themH7122
בְּצֵאתָ֖םbe.tze.Tamwhen came out theyH3318
מֵאֵ֥תme.'Etfrom withH854
פַּרְעֹֽה\׃par.'OhPharaohH6547

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Exodus 5:19

    And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

  • Exodus 5:20

    And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

  • Exodus 5:21

    And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

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Exodus 5:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y encontrando á Moisés y á Aarón, que estaban á la vista de ellos cuando salían de Faraón,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils rencontrèrent Moïse et Aaron, qui se tenaient là pour les rencontrer, comme ils sortaient de devant le Pharaon;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie begegneten Mose und Aaron, die ihnen entgegentraten, als sie von dem Pharao herauskamen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Occurreruntque Moysi et Aaron, qui stabant ex adverso, egredientibus a Pharaone: