Exodus 5:5

WEB

⁵Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”

KJV

⁵And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

BSB

⁵Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

FBV

⁵“Look here,” he went on. “There are many of your people here in our country and you are preventing them from doing their assigned labor.”

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Extra References

Exodus 1:7-11

⁷The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

⁸Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph. ⁹He said to his people, “Behold, ^[+] the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. ¹⁰Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.” ¹¹Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

Proverbs 14:28

²⁸In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.