Verse List for EXO 5:3

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OET (OET-RV) “The god of us Hebrews has met with us,” they replied, “Please, let us go three days into the wilderness so we can sacrifice to our god Yahweh, because we don’t want him to strike us with the plague or with war.”

OET-LV And_they _said the _god _of the _ˊIⱱrī/(Hebrews) he _has _met with_us let _us _go please a _journey _of three _of days in_wilderness so_that _we _may _sacrifice to/for_YHWH god _of_our lest he_should _fall _on _us with_pestilence or with_sword.

ULT And they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he come upon us with the plague or with the sword.”

UST Moses and Aaron replied, “The God we Hebrews worship has made a special visit to us. Please allow us to travel for a few days to a place in the wilderness in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God. If we do not do that, he will cause us to die from diseases or from attacks by our enemies.”

BSB & MSB “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three -day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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.”

NET 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.”

LSV And they say, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us; please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to our God YHWH, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.”

FBV “The God of the Hebrews came to us,” they added. “Please allow us to go a three-day journey into the desert and offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. Otherwise he'll kill us by disease or by the sword.”

T4T They/we replied, “Yahweh God, the one we Hebrews worship, has ◄revealed himself/appeared► to us and told us what to tell you. So we ask you to please let us go on a three day journey into the desert. We must offer sacrifices to Yahweh God there. If we do not do that, he will cause us to die [IDM] from diseases or from attacks by our enemies [MTY].”

LEB 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.”

BBE 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.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS 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 the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.'

ASV 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.

DRA And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days’ journey into the wilderness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us.

YLT 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.'

Drby And they said, The [fn]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 [fn]God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.

RV 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 the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
(And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath/has met with us: let us go, we pray thee/you, three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.)

SLT 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.
(And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath/has met with us: let us go, we pray thee/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.)

KJB-1611 And they said, The God of the Hebrewes hath met with vs: let vs goe, we pray thee, three dayes iourney into the desert, and sacrifice vnto the LORD our God, lest hee fall vpon vs with pestilence, or with the sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And they sayde, The God of the Hebrewes is called ouer vs: let vs go we pray thee three dayes iourney into the desert, and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God: lest he smyte vs with pestilence or with the sworde.
(And they said, The God of the Hebrews is called over us: let us go we pray thee/you three days journey into the desert, and do sacrifice unto the Lord our God: lest he smite/strike us with pestilence or with the sword.)

Gnva And they saide, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, let vs goe three daies iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, least he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sword.
(And they said, We worship the God of the Hebrews: we pray thee/you, let us go three days journey in the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God, least he bring upon us the pestilence or sword.)

Cvdl I knowe not the LORDE, nether wil I let Israel go.They sayde: The God of the Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wildernes, & do sacrifice vnto the LORDE or God, yt there happen not vnto vs pestilece or swerde.
(I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.They said: The God of the Hebrews hath/has called us. Let us go now therefore three days journey in the wilderness, and do sacrifice unto the LORD or God, it there happen not unto us pestilece or sword.)

Wycl Thei seiden, God of Ebrews clepide vs, that we go the weie of thre daies in to wildirnesse, and that we make sacrifice to oure Lord God, lest perauenture pestilence, ether swerd, bifalle to vs.
(They said, God of Hebrews called us, that we go the way of three days in to wilderness, and that we make sacrifice to our Lord God, lest peradventure/perhaps pestilence, either sword, befall/happen_to to us.)

Luth Sie sprachen: Der Ebräer GOtt hat uns gerufen; so laß uns nun hinziehen drei Tagereisen in die Wüste und dem HErr’s, unserm GOtt, opfern, daß uns nicht widerfahre Pestilenz oder Schwert.
(They/She said: The Hebrews God has us/to_us/ourselves called; so let us/to_us/ourselves now move three day_trips in the desert and to_him LORD’s, ours God, sacrifice(v), that us/to_us/ourselves not experience pestilence or sword.)

ClVg Dixeruntque: Deus Hebræorum vocavit nos, ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem, et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro: ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius.[fn]
(And_they_said: God Hebrewrum he_called us, as let’s_go way/road three days in/into/on solitude, and let_us_sacrifice Master to_God our: not perhaps accidat us plague/pestilence or sword.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָ⁠עִבְרִ֖ים נִקְרָ֣א עָלֵ֑י⁠נוּ נֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֡א דֶּרֶךְ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֜ים בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּ֗ר וְ⁠נִזְבְּחָה֙ לַֽ⁠יהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔י⁠נוּ פֶּ֨ן־יִפְגָּעֵ֔⁠נוּ בַּ⁠דֶּ֖בֶר א֥וֹ בֶ⁠חָֽרֶב׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Ἐβραίων προσκέκληται ἡμᾶς· πορευσόμεθα οὖν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, ὅπως θύσωμεν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, μή ποτε συναντήσῃ ἡμῖν θάνατος ἢ φόνος.

BrTr And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.