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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
יעשה פרעה ויפקד פקדים על הארץ וחמש את ארץ מצרים בשבע שני השבע
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
y`SHh pr`h vypqd pqdym `l hArTS vKHmSH At ArTS mTSrym bSHb` SHny hSHb`

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
qui constituat praepositos per singulas regiones et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
New King James Version   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.
21st Century King James Version   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up a fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let Pharaoh do this , and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Darby Bible Translation   
Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years.
God's Word   
Make arrangements to appoint supervisors over the land to take a fifth of Egypt's harvest during the seven good years.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
International Standard Version   
Also, let Pharaoh immediately proceed to appoint supervisors over the land of Egypt, who will collect one fifth of its agricultural production during the coming seven years of abundance.
NET Bible   
Pharaoh should do this--he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
New American Standard Bible   
"Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
New International Version   
Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
New Living Translation   
Then Pharaoh should appoint supervisors over the land and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven good years.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
The World English Bible   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.
EasyEnglish Bible   
This is what you should do: Choose some officers. Give them authority to store food during the good years when there is plenty. They must take a fifth part of all the food that grows everywhere in Egypt. They must store the extra food during the good years that will come soon. Give these officers authority to store and to take care of the food in the cities.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,
New Life Version   
Let Pharaoh take action to choose men to watch over the land. And let him take a fifth part of the food of the land of Egypt during the seven years of much food.
The Voice Bible   
Pharaoh should appoint officers over the land and direct them to take one-fifth of all that the land of Egypt produces during the seven abundant years,
Living Bible   
Let Pharaoh divide Egypt into five administrative districts, and let the officials of these districts gather into the royal storehouses all the excess crops of the next seven years,
New Catholic Bible   
Pharaoh should also appoint overseers in the land to collect a fifth of the produce of the land during the years of abundance.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Let Pharaoh take action and appoint overseers over the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Christian Standard Bible   
Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Let Pharaoh do this; then let him select and appoint officers over the land, and take one-fifth [of the produce] of the [whole] land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years [year by year].
New Century Version   
And let the king also appoint officers over the land, who should take one-fifth of all the food that is grown during the seven good years.
The Message   
“So, Pharaoh needs to look for a wise and experienced man and put him in charge of the country. Then Pharaoh needs to appoint managers throughout the country of Egypt to organize it during the years of plenty. Their job will be to collect all the food produced in the good years ahead and stockpile the grain under Pharaoh’s authority, storing it in the towns for food. This grain will be held back to be used later during the seven years of famine that are coming on Egypt. This way the country won’t be devastated by the famine.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
When Pharaoh does this, let him appoint overseers over the land to collect one fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
Good News Translation®   
You must also appoint other officials and take a fifth of the crops during the seven years of plenty.
Wycliffe Bible   
which man ordain governors by all countries, and gather he into barns the fifth part of fruits by [the] seven years of plenty, that shall come now; (and that man ordain governors over all the countryside, and gather he into the barns the fifth part of the harvest of the land during the seven years of plenty that shall now come;)
Contemporary English Version   
Then appoint some other officials to collect one fifth of every crop harvested in Egypt during the seven years when there is plenty.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Then Pharaoh should appoint administrators over the land and take one-fifth of all the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers and officials over the land, and set aside one-fifth [of the produce] of the [entire] land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Let Pharaoh act and appoint overseers for the land to organize it during the seven years of abundance.
New American Standard Bible   
Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him take a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt as a tax in the seven years of abundance.
The Expanded Bible   
And let ·the king [L Pharaoh] also appoint ·officers [overseers] over the land, who should take one-fifth of all the food that is grown during the seven ·good years [years of plenty].
Tree of Life Version   
Let Pharaoh act by appointing administrators over the land and take a fifth portion from the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Revised Standard Version   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
New International Reader's Version   
Pharaoh should appoint officials to be in charge of the land. They should take a fifth of the harvest in Egypt during the seven years when there’s plenty of food.
BRG Bible   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Pharaoh should do this, and he should appoint supervisors over the land to receive a twenty percent tax on the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint pekidim (officers, overseers, commissioners) over the land, and take up the fifth part [of the harvest] of Eretz Mitzrayim in the sheva shnei hasava.
Names of God Bible   
Make arrangements to appoint supervisors over the land to take a fifth of Egypt’s harvest during the seven good years.
Modern English Version   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officials over the land and collect the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven abundant years.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then you should choose other men to collect food from the people. During the seven good years, the people must give them one-fifth of all the food they grow.
International Children’s Bible   
And let the king also appoint officers over the land. They should take one-fifth of all the food that is grown during the seven good years.
Lexham English Bible   
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint supervisors over the land, and let him take one-fifth from the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
New International Version - UK   
Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.