Exodus 4:23

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I said to thee, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if thou wilt not send them away, see, I will slay thy first-born son.

Darby Translation ☆

And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me. And if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him goe, beholde, I will slay thy sonne, euen thy first borne.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And I said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou refusest to let him go; so, behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' —

King James Version ☆

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

and I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And I said to you, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if you will not send them away, see, I will kill your firstborn son.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And I said to you, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if you will not send them away, see, I will kill your firstborn son.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

Webster Bible ☆

And I say to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou shalt refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy first-born.

Revised Version ☆

and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And I say unto thee, Let My son go, that he may serve before Me; and if thou refuse to send him away, behold, I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And I said to thee, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if thou wilt not send them away, see, I will slay thy firstborn son.

World English Bible ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World English Bible Classic ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World English Bible Updated ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World Messianic Bible ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

Y seide to thee, delyuere thou my sone, that he serue me, and thou noldist delyuere hym; lo! Y schal sle thi firste gendrid sone.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and — thou dost refuse to send him away — lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And I say unto thee, Let beni (My son) go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse to let him go, hinei, I will slay thy ben, even thy bechor.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقُلْتُ لَكَ: أَطْلِقِ ٱبْنِي لِيَعْبُدَنِي، فَأَبَيْتَ أَنْ تُطْلِقَهُ. هَا أَنَا أَقْتُلُ ٱبْنَكَ ٱلْبِكْرَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ငါ​၏​သား​သည်​ငါ့​အား​ဝတ်​ပြု​ကိုး​ကွယ်​နိုင်​စေ ရန် သူ့​ကို​သွား​ခွင့်​ပြု​ရန်​အ​မိန့်​ရှိ​သော်​လည်း သင်​သည်​သွား​ခွင့်​မ​ပေး။ ထို့​ကြောင့်​ငါ​သည်​သင် ၏​သား​ဦး​ကို​သေ​စေ​မည်' ဟု​ဆင့်​ဆို​လော့'' ဟူ ၍​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ငါ့ သား သည် ငါ့ အားဝတ်ပြု သောအခွင့် ရှိစေခြင်းငှါ လွှတ် လော့။ မလွှတ်ဘူးဟု ငြင်း လျှင်၊ သင် ၏သား ၊ သင် ၏သားဦး ကိုပင် ငါ ကွပ်မျက် မည်ဟု မိန့် တော်မူကြောင်းကို ဆင့်ဆို လော့ဟု မောရှေ အား မှာ ထားတော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Ka capa mah ka tok to sak hanah, prawt ah, tiah lok kang thuih; to tiah na prawt ai nahaeloe, na capa, na calu to ka hum han, tiah thui paeh, tiah Mosi khaeah a thuih pae.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te dongah namah taengah khaw ka thui coeng. Ka ca te tueih lamtah kai ham thothueng saeh. Tedae anih hlah ham na aal atah kai loh na capa khuikah na caming te ka ngawn ne,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te dongah namah taengah khaw ka thui coeng. Ka ca te tueih lamtah kai ham thothueng saeh. Tedae anih hlah ham na aal atah kai loh na capa khuikah na caming te ka ngawn ne,” a ti.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我对你说过：容我的儿子去，好事奉我。你还是不肯容他去。看哪，我要杀你的长子。』」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我對你說過：容我的兒子去，好事奉我。你還是不肯容他去。看哪，我要殺你的長子。』」

World Chinese Bible ☆

我已经对你说：“让我的儿子离去，好事奉我；”但你拒绝让他离去。看哪，我要杀你的长子。’”

Croatian Bible ☆

Tražim od tebe da mi pustiš sina da mi iskaže štovanje. Ako odbiješ da ga pustiš, ja ću ubiti tvoga prvorođenca.'”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I řekl jsem tobě: Propusť syna mého, ať slouží mi; a nechtěl jsi ho propustiti. Aj, já zabiji syna tvého, prvorozeného tvého.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

men da jeg sagde til dig: Lad min Søn rejse, for at han kan dyrke mig! da nægtede du at lade ham rejse. Se, jeg dræber din førstefødte Søn!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En Ik heb tot u gezegd: Laat Mijn zoon trekken, dat hij Mij diene! maar gij hebt geweigerd hem te laten trekken; zie, Ik zal uw zoon, uw eerstgeborene doden!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ik heb u gezegd: Laat mijn zoon gaan, om Mij te vereren. Ge hebt geweigerd, hem te laten vertrekken; daarom dood Ik uw zoon, uw eerstgeborene!

Esperanto Bible ☆

kaj Mi diras al vi: Permesu, ke Mia filo iru kaj faru al Mi servon; se vi ne permesos al li iri, tiam Mi mortigos vian unuenaskitan filon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et je te dis : Laisse aller mon fils pour qu’il me serve ; et si tu refuses de le laisser aller, voici, je tuerai ton fils, ton premier-né.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et je t'ai dit: Laisse aller mon fils, afin qu'il me serve; et tu as refusé de le laisser aller. Voici, je vais faire mourir ton fils, ton premier-né.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Je te dis: Laisse aller mon fils, pour qu’il me serve; si tu refuses de le laisser aller, voici, je ferai périr ton fils, ton premier-né.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Et je t'ai dit : ‘Laisse partir mon fils, afin qu'il me serve.’ Mais tu as refusé de le laisser partir. Voici, je tuerai ton fils, ton premier-né.” »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und ich sage zu dir: Laß meinen Sohn ziehen, daß er mir diene! Und weigerst du dich, ihn ziehen zu lassen, siehe, so werde ich deinen Sohn, deinen erstgeborenen, töten.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

und ich gebiete dir, daß du meinen Sohn ziehen lassest, daß er mir diene. Wirst du dich des weigern, so will ich deinen erstgeborenen Sohn erwürgen.

German Textbibel ☆

Ich befehle dir hiermit: Laß meinen Sohn ziehen, damit er mich verehre; wenn du dich aber weigerst, ihn ziehen zu lassen, so werde ich deinen erstgeborenen Sohn sterben lassen!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

darum sage ich dir: Laß meinen Sohn gehen, daß er mir diene; wirst du dich aber weigern, ihn ziehen zu lassen, siehe, so will ich deinen eigenen erstgebornen Sohn erwürgen!»

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

εἶπα δέ σοι· ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα μοι λατρεύσῃ· εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ βούλει ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς, ὅρα οὖν, ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν πρωτότοκον.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἶπα δέ σοι, ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα μοι λατρεύσῃ· εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ βούλει ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς, ὅρα οὖν, ἐγὼ ἀποκτένῶ τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν πρωτότοκον.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen di ou kite pitit mwen an ale fè wout li pou l' ka fè yon sèvis pou mwen. Si ou refize kite l' ale, mwen menm m'ap touye premye pitit gason ou lan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ke olelo aku nei au ia oe, E hookuu oe i ka'u keiki, i malama mai ia ia'u: a ina e hoole mai oe i kona hookuuia, aia hoi, e pepehi aku no au i kau keikikane, i kau hiapo hoi.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ שַׁלַּ֤ח אֶת־בְּנִי֙ וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִי וַתְּמָאֵ֖ן לְשַׁלְּחֹ֑ו הִנֵּה֙ אָנֹכִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ג אֶת־בִּנְךָ֖ בְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואמר אליך שלח את בני ויעבדני ותמאן לשלחו הנה אנכי הרג את בנך בכרך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Or io ti ho detto: Lascia andare il mio figliuolo, acciocchè mi serva; e tu hai ricusato di lasciarlo andare; ecco, io uccido il tuo figliuolo, il tuo primogenito .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

e io ti dico: Lascia andare il mio figliuolo, affinché mi serva; e se tu ricusi di lasciarlo andare, ecco, io ucciderò il tuo figliuolo, il tuo primogenito”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

わたしはあなたに『わたしの子を行かせ、わたしに仕えさせよ』と言った。それでもあなたは行かせることを拒んだ。見よ、わたしはあなたの長子を殺す。』」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내가 네게 이르기를 내 아들을 놓아서 나를 섬기게 하라 하여도 네가 놓기를 거절하니 내가 네 아들 네 장자를 죽이리라 하셨다 하라 하시니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga fahk nu sum in fuhlela wen nutik in som tuh elan ku in alu nu sik, a kom srunga. Inge nga ac uniya wen se oemeet nutum.’”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dixi tibi: Dimitte filium meum ut serviat mihi; et noluisti dimittere eum: ecce ego interficiam filium tuum primogenitum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و به تو می‌گویم پسرم را رها کن تا مرا عبادت نماید، واگر از رها کردنش ابا نمایی، همانا پسر تو، یعنی نخست زاده تو را می‌کشم.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

e eu disse a você: “Deixe meu filho ir, para que me sirva”; e você se recusou a deixá-lo ir. Eis que eu matarei o seu filho primogênito’.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Já te disse que deixes ir a meu filho, para que me sirva, mas não quiseste deixá-lo ir: eis que eu vou a matar a teu filho, o teu primogênito.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și îți spun: Lasă pe fiul meu să plece ca să îmi servească; și dacă refuzi să îl lași să plece, iată, voi ucide pe fiul tău, pe întâiul tău născut.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ыць спун: Ласэ пе фиул Меу сэ плече, ка сэ-Мь служяскэ; дакэ ну врей сэ-л лашь сэ плече, вой учиде пе фиул тэу, пе ынтыюл тэу нэскут.»’”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Я говорю тебе: отпусти сына Моего, чтобы он совершил Мне служение; а если не отпустишь его, то вот, Я убью сына твоего, первенца твоего.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I kazah ti: Pusti sina mog da mi posluži. A ti ga ne hte pustiti; evo ja ću ubiti sina tvog, prvenca tvog.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И казах ти: Пусти сина мог да ми послужи. А ти га не хте пустити; ево ја ћу убити сина твог, првенца твог.

Mashi Bible ☆

“Nkubwîzire, nti: Lîka mugala wâni ajinkolera, nâwe wamalahira bwamulika! Kwokwo, nâni nkolaga nayîrha enfula yâwe!”»

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Ya te he dicho que dejes ir á mi hijo, para que me sirva, mas no has querido dejarlo ir: he aquí yo voy á matar á tu hijo, tu primogénito.

Spanish BLL ☆

y yo te he ordenado que dejes ir a mi hijo para que me adore. Pero como te has negado a dejarlo ir, voy a quitarle la vida a tu hijo primogénito”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

y yo te he dicho: Deja ir a mi hijo para que me sirva, y tú te has negado a dejarlo ir. He aquí que voy a matar a tu hijo primogénito».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y yo te dije: Deja ir a mi hijo, para que me dé culto; y no lo dejaste ir, así que ahora voy a matar al primero de tus hijos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Así que te digo: Deja ir a mi hijo para que me sirva. Pero tú has rehusado dejarlo ir. Mira, mataré a tu hijo, tu primogénito.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ʻoku ou tala atu kiate koe, Tukuange hoku foha ke ʻalu, koeʻuhi ke ne tauhi au: pea kapau te ke taʻofi ʻo ʻikai tukuange ia, vakai, Te u tāmateʻi ho foha, ʻio, ʻa ho ʻuluaki.’”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І глаголю тобі: Відпусти сина мого, щоб він служив менї. Як же не схочеш відпустити, знай, я вбю сина твого, первенця твого.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І глаголю тобі: Відпусти сина мого, щоб він служив менї. Як же не схочеш відпустити, знай, я вбю сина твого, первенця твого.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

nên ta có phán cùng ngươi rằng: Hãy cho con ta đi, để nó phụng sự ta, mà ngươi đã từ chối không cho nó đi. Nầy, ta sẽ giết con trai ngươi, là con trưởng nam của ngươi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ שַׁלַּ֤ח אֶת־בְּנִי֙ וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִי וַתְּמָאֵ֖ן לְשַׁלְּח֑וֹ הִנֵּה֙ אָנֹכִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ג אֶת־בִּנְךָ֖ בְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃