Exodus 5:22
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus 5:22 in other translations
| BSB | So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me? |
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| WEB | Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me? |
| ASV | And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? |
| YLT | And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Lord, why hast Thou done evil to this people? why is this? --Thou hast sent me! |
| DARBY | And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou sent me? |
| BBE | And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me? |
| Webster | And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Lord, why hast thou so ill treated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? |
What does Exodus 5:22 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…
Exodus 5:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 5:22
- Jeremiah 20:7
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
- 1 Kings 19:10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- Numbers 11:14-15
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- 1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
- Numbers 11:11
And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
- 1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
- Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
- Exodus 17:4
And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
- Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
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Context
- 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.
- Exodus 5:22
And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
- Exodus 5:23
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Exodus 5:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Moisés se volvió á Jehová, y dijo: Señor, ¿por qué afliges á este pueblo? ¿para qué me enviaste? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse retourna vers l’ Éternel, et dit: Seigneur, pourquoi as-tu fait du mal à ce peuple? Pourquoi donc m’as-tu envoyé? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da wandte sich Mose zu Jehova und sprach: Herr, warum hast du so übel an diesem Volke getan? warum doch hast du mich gesandt? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Reversusque est Moyses ad Dominum, et ait: Domine, cur afflixisti populum istum? quare misisti me? |