Exodus 5:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.”
Exodus 5:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 5:2 in 7 Bible Translations
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Exodus 5:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.””
Exodus 5:2 — World English Bible
Exodus 5:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
Exodus 5:2 — American Standard Version
Exodus 5:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Pharaoh saith, `Who <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'”
Exodus 5:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 5:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.”
Exodus 5:2 — Darby Translation
Exodus 5:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lord, that I should heare his voyce, and let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.”
Exodus 5:2 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 5:2 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go."”
Exodus 5:2 — The Living Sword
Exodus 5:2 in Context — Exodus 5
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
What Does Exodus 5:2 Mean?
Exodus 5:2 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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