Exodus 5:16

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before. Behold, we thy servants are beaten with whips; and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.

Exodus 5:15

And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

Exodus 5:17

And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

1 Kings 12:14

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy; but I will add to your yoke. My father beat you with whips; but I will beat you with scorpions.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.

Ezekiel 16:4

And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel wast not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts.