And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
Exodus 5:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall no more give the people straw to make brick; let them go and gather straw for themselves. American Standard Version (1901) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Common English Bible “Don’t supply the people with the straw they need to make bricks like you did before. Let them go out and gather the straw for themselves. Catholic Public Domain Version "You shall no longer give chaff to the people to form bricks, as before. But they may go and gather straw. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw. |
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,
But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’
We have straw and provender for our asses, with bread and wine for me and your maidservant and the young man with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”