Exodus 5:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The Israelite supervisors saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You shall not lessen your daily number of bricks.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the Hebrew foremen saw that they were in an evil situation when it was said, You shall not diminish in the least your full daily quota of bricks.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks.

Common English Bible

The Israelite supervisors saw how impossible their situation was when they were commanded, “Don’t reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the first among the sons of Israel saw themselves in a crisis, because it was said to them, "Nothing at all will be lessened from the bricks throughout each day."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day.

Exodus 5:19 Cross References

Exodus 5:18

Go now and work, for no straw shall be given you, but you shall still deliver the same number of bricks.”

Exodus 5:20

As they left Pharaoh, they came upon Moses and Aaron, who were waiting to meet them.

Exodus 5:8

But you shall require of them the same quantity of bricks as they have made previously; do not diminish it, for they are lazy; that is why they cry, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. Look, the tears of the oppressed—with no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power—with no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Deuteronomy 32:36

Indeed, the Lord will vindicate his people, have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, neither bond nor free remaining.