Exodus 5:3
ALL

Exodus 5:3

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Then they answered, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God, or else He may strike us with plague or sword.”

International Standard Version

Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God so he does not strike us with pestilence or sword."

A Conservative Version

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

American Standard Version

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Amplified

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go on a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that He does not discipline us with pestilence or with the sword.”

Bible in Basic English

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

Darby Translation

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will say, The God of the Hebrews called to us; we will go now a way of three days into the desert, and we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with death or with the sword.

King James 2000

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go [on] a three-day journey into the desert, and let us sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he strike us with plague or with sword."

Modern King James verseion

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He fall upon us with plague or with the sword.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I know not the LORD, neither will let Israel go." And they said, "The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he smite us either with pestilence or with sword."

NET Bible

And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword."

New Heart English Bible

They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

The Emphasized Bible

And they said, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us, - let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.

Webster

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 to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

World English Bible

They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

Youngs Literal Translation

And they say, 'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.'

Themes

Deserts » General references to

Deserts » Vast barren plains

Sacrifices » Were offered » After the departure of israel from egypt

Topics

Swords

Three Days

Particular Journeys

A Feast In The Wilderness

God Might Kill His People

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they said
H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .
Usage: 0

The God
H430
אלהים 
'elohiym 
God, god, judge, GOD, goddess, great, mighty, angels, exceeding, God-ward , godly
Usage: 2600

of the Hebrews
H5680
עברי 
`Ibriy 
Hebrew, Hebrew woman, Hebrew , Hebrewess, Hebrew man
Usage: 34

hath met
H7122
קרא 
Qara' 
befall, come, chance, happened, met, fall out
Usage: 34

with us let us go
H3212
ילך 
Yalak 
go, walk, come, depart, ...away, follow, get, lead, brought, carry, bring,
Usage: 0

we pray thee, three
H7969
שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
three, thirteen , thirteenth , third, thrice , threescore and thirteen , stories, forks , oftentimes
Usage: 430

days'
H3117
יום 
Yowm 
day, time, chronicles , daily, ever, year, continually, when, as, while, full always, whole, alway,
Usage: 2293

journey
H1870
דּרך 
Derek 
way, toward, journey, manner,
Usage: 704

into the desert
H4057
מדבּר 
Midbar 
wilderness, desert, south, speech, wilderness
Usage: 271

and sacrifice
H2076
זבח 
Zabach 
sacrifice, offer, kill, slay
Usage: 134

unto the Lord
H3068

LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, variant
Usage: 0

our God
H430
אלהים 
'elohiym 
God, god, judge, GOD, goddess, great, mighty, angels, exceeding, God-ward , godly
Usage: 2600

lest he fall
H6293
פּגע 
Paga` 
fall, meet, reach, intercession, intreat, entreat,
Usage: 46

upon us with pestilence
H1698
דּבר 
Deber 
pestilence, plagues, murrain
Usage: 49

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 5:3

Verse Info

Context Readings

Pharaoh Rejects Yahweh's Authority

2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” 4 But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!”

Let Us

Offer Sacrifice

Offer Sacrifices

Three Days

To the Lord

God of the Hebrews

With The Sword

Hebrews

Israel

Jehovah

Cross References

Exodus 3:18

They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Deuteronomy 28:21

The Lord will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land where you are entering to possess it.

2 Kings 17:25

At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them which killed some of them.

2 Chronicles 30:8

Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.

Ezra 7:23

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

Ezekiel 6:11

“Thus says the Lord God, ‘Clap your hand, stamp your foot and say, “Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, famine and plague!

Zechariah 14:16-19

Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.

Jump To Previous

God upon days may us lord fall sword three wilderness journey sacrifice met pestilence please

Jump To Next

God upon days may us lord fall sword three wilderness journey sacrifice met pestilence please

Word Concordance

God upon days may us lord fall sword three wilderness journey sacrifice met pestilence please

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain

Doctrinal Statement / Privacy Policy / Use of Pictures / Donate / Contact Us
© Copyright [2011 - 2025] Knowing-Jesus.com - All Rights Reserved