Exodus 5:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 5:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

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KJV

King James Version

Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

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WEB

World English Bible

Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”

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ASV

American Standard Version

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 5

¹⁶ No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

¹⁷ “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

¹⁸ Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

¹⁹ The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

²⁰ When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

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