Exodus 5:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

The slaves went all over Egypt, looking for straw.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:12

Whatever we build on this foundation will be tested by fire on the day of judgment. Then everyone will find out if we have used gold, silver, and precious stones, or wood, hay, and straw.

Nahum 1:10

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like twisted thornbushes burning in a fire.

Obadiah 1:18

Israel will be a fire, and Edom will be straw going up in flames. The Lord has spoken!

Joel 2:5

They roar over mountains like noisy chariots, or a mighty army ready for battle. They are a forest fire that feasts on straw.

Isaiah 47:14

People who trust the stars are as helpless as straw in a flaming fire. No one can even keep warm, sitting by a fire that feeds only on straw.

Isaiah 5:24

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the teaching of the holy Lord God All-Powerful of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

Exodus 15:7

What a great victory was yours, when you defeated everyone who opposed you. Your fiery anger wiped them out, as though they were straw.

Exodus 5:11

Go and find your own straw wherever you can, but you must still make as many bricks as before.”

Exodus 5:13

But the slave bosses were hard on them and kept saying, “Each day you have to make as many bricks as you did when you were given straw.”