Exodus 5:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The bosses beat the men in charge of the slaves and said, “Why didn't you force the slaves to make as many bricks yesterday and today as they did before?”

Cross References

Exodus 1:14

that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

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.”

Exodus 5:15

Finally, the men in charge of the slaves went to the king and said, “Why are you treating us like this?

Exodus 5:6

That same day the king gave orders to his slave bosses and to the men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them:

Isaiah 10:24

Now the LORD God All-Powerful says to his people in Jerusalem: The Assyrians will beat you with sticks and abuse you, just as the Egyptians did. But don't be afraid of them.