Exodus 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.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

In Context

22And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

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Cross References

Job 22:17Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

Isaiah 26:17As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.

Jeremiah 11:21So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:

Hebrews 10:36For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:16-23

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord . 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of… Read the whole commentary →

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