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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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!’”

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

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.

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.

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.

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.’”

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’.”

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.

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.

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​၏။

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.

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.

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!

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 .

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.

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!”

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.

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.

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.

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.’”

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.” »

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».

Croatian Bible

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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

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.'

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.

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.»’”

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.

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.

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.

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׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

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

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.»

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၏။

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

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。』」

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。’”

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。』」

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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Mashi Bible

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

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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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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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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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