Exodus 5:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The men knew they were in deep trouble when they were ordered to make the same number of bricks each day.

Cross References

Exodus 5:18

Get back to work! You won't be given straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.”

Exodus 5:20

After they left the king, they went to see Moses and Aaron, who had been waiting for them.

Exodus 5:8

but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I looked again and saw people being ill-treated everywhere on earth. They were crying, but no one was there to offer comfort, and those who ill-treated them were powerful.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don't be surprised if the poor of your country are abused, and injustice takes the place of justice. After all, the lower officials must do what the higher ones order them to do.

Deuteronomy 32:36

When only a few of the LORD's people remain, when their strength is gone, and some of them are slaves, the LORD will feel sorry for them and give them justice.