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Exodus 5:23

NETBible	From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble¹ for this people, and you have certainly not rescued² them!”³
NIV © biblegateway Exo 5:23	Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."
NASB © biblegateway Exo 5:23	"Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all."
NLT © biblegateway Exo 5:23	Since I gave Pharaoh your message, he has been even more brutal to your people. You have not even begun to rescue them!"
MSG © biblegateway Exo 5:23	From the moment I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, things have only gotten worse for this people. And rescue? Does this look like rescue to you?"
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 5:23	For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this people, and you have given them no help.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 5:23	Since I first came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has mistreated this people, and you have done nothing at all to deliver your people."
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 5:23	"For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all."
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KJV	For since I came <0935> (8804) to Pharaoh <06547> to speak <01696> (8763) in thy name <08034>_, he hath done evil <07489> (8689) to this people <05971>_; neither hast thou delivered <05337> (8689) thy people <05971> at all <05337> (8687)_. {neither...: Heb. delivering thou hast not delivered}
NASB © biblegateway Exo 5:23	"Ever since <03975> I came <0935> to Pharaoh <06547> to speak <01696> in Your name <08034> , he has done <07489> harm <07489> to this <02088> people <05971> , and You have not delivered <05337> Your people <05971> at all <05337> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ af <575> PREP ou <3739> R-GSM peporeumai <4198> V-RMI-1S prov <4314> PREP faraw <5328> N-PRI lalhsai <2980> V-AAN epi <1909> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN sw <4674> P-DS onomati <3686> N-DSN ekakwsen <2559> V-AAI-3S ton <3588> T-ASM laon <2992> N-ASM touton <3778> D-ASM kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV errusw {V-AMI-2S} ton <3588> T-ASM laon <2992> N-ASM sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	From the time <0227> I went <0935> to speak <01696> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> in your name <08034> , he has caused trouble <07489> for this <02088> people <05971> , and you have certainly <05337> <05337> not <03808> rescued <05337> <05337> them <05971> !”
HEBREW	Kme <05971> ta <0853> tluh <05337> al <03808> luhw <05337> hzh <02088> Mel <05971> erh <07489> Kmsb <08034> rbdl <01696> herp <06547> la <0413> ytab <0935> zamw (5:23) <0227>

NETBible

From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble¹ for this people, and you have certainly not rescued² them!”³

NET Notes

¹sn Now the verb (הֵרַע, hera’) has a different subject – Pharaoh. The ultimate cause of the trouble was God, but the immediate cause was Pharaoh and the way he increased the work. Meanwhile, the Israelite foremen have pinned most of the blame on Moses and Aaron. Moses knows all about the sovereignty of God, and as he speaks in God’s name, he sees the effect it has on pagans like Pharaoh. So the rhetorical questions are designed to prod God to act differently.

²tn The Hebrew construction is emphatic: וְהַצֵּל לֹא־הִצַּלְתָּ (vÿhatsel lo’-hitsalta). The verb נָצַל (natsal) means “to deliver, rescue” in the sense of plucking out, even plundering. The infinitive absolute strengthens both the idea of the verb and the negative. God had not delivered this people at all.

³tn Heb “your people.” The pronoun (“them”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons here, to avoid redundancy.