Exodus 5:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 0 And the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao, I allow you no straw:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But the number of the bricks which they made before you shall still require of them; you shall not diminish it in the least. For they are idle; that is why they cry, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Common English Bible

⁸ But still make sure that they produce the same number of bricks as they made before. Don’t reduce the number! They are weak and lazy, and that’s why they cry, ‘Let’s go and offer sacrifices to our God.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And you shall impose upon them the same quota of bricks that they made before. Neither will you lessen anything, for they are idle, and therefore they cry out, saying: 'We shall go and sacrifice to our God.'

Exodus 5:8 Cross References

Psalm 106:41

8 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.

Exodus 1:11

3 And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:

Exodus 5:17

9 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

1 And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword to kill us.

Exodus 5:7

Let them be oppressed, with works, and let them fulfill them: that they may not regard lying words.

Exodus 5:9

1 Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.