Exodus 5:15

God's Word

Then the Israelite foremen complained to Pharaoh. They asked, “Why are you treating us this way?

Cross References

Job 3:18

There the captives have no troubles at all. There they do not hear the shouting of the slave driver.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave drivers in charge of them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 5:14

Pharaoh’s slave drivers had placed Israelite foremen in charge of the people. The slave drivers beat the foremen and said, “You didn’t finish all the bricks you were ordered to make yesterday or today. Why didn’t you make as many as you used to?”

Exodus 5:16

We’re given no straw, and yet we’re told to make bricks. We’re being beaten, but your men are at fault.”