Exodus 5:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?

Cross References

Exodus 1:14

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

Exodus 5:13

And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.

Exodus 5:15

Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

Exodus 5:6

The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

Isaiah 10:24

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.