Exodus 5:17

Ye are idle. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6) for emphasis.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye are idle - The old Egyptian language abounds in epithets which show contempt for idleness. The charge was equally offensive and ingenious; one...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. Ye are idle - therefore ye say, Let us go and...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Taskmasters hasted ... officers ... be...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the last picture of the people in bondage. As we follow the history, we shall be particularly interested in noticing the process through...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While the Israelites were borne down under the pressure of the most severe labour, this monster of iniquity declared them to be idle. John 15:21 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But he said, ye are idle, ye are idle ,.... Instead of expressing indignation at the taskmasters, and relieving the officers and the people, he insu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD. Ver. 17. Ye are idle. ] See Trapp on " Ex...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST APPEAL TO PHARAOH AND THE RESULTS (vs.1-23) Moses and Aaron then gain an audience with Pharaoh, and simply tell him the message that th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. He emphatically repeated his baseless charge, v. 8.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:8 John 6:27 2 Thessalonians 3:10 2 Thessalonians 3:11
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Controversy Between Pharaoh and God Exodus 5:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with...

¹⁷ But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 5:17