Exodus 5:16

A Conservative Version

There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick. And, behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault it in thine own people.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.

Exodus 5:15

Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do thou deal thus with thy servants?

Exodus 5:17

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle. Therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to LORD.

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter. And on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.

Ezekiel 16:4

And as for thy nativity, in the day thou were born thy navel was not cut, nor were thou washed in water to cleanse thee. Thou were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.