Exodus 5:16

New American Standard Bible 1995 with Strong Numbers

"Thereis nostrawgivento your servants,yet they keep sayingto us, 'Makebricks!'And behold,your servantsare being beaten;but it is the faultof your [own] people."

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They saidto oneanother,"Come,let us makebricksand burn[them] thoroughly."And they usedbrickfor stone,and they usedtarfor mortar.

1 Kings 12:14

and he spoketo them according to the adviceof the youngmen,saying,"My fathermadeyour yokeheavy,but I will addto your yoke;my fatherdisciplinedyou with whips,but I will disciplineyou with scorpions."

Exodus 5:15

Then the foremenof the sonsof Israelcameand criedout to Pharaoh,saying,"Whydo you dealthiswaywith your servants?

Exodus 5:17

But he said,"You are lazy,[very] lazy;thereforeyou say,'Let us go[and] sacrificeto the LORD.'

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I lookedagainat allthe actsof oppressionwhichwere being doneunderthe sun.And behold[I saw] the tearsof the oppressedand [that] they hadnooneto comfort[them]; and on the sideof their oppressorswas power,but they hadnooneto comfort[them].

Ezekiel 16:4

"As for your birth,on the dayyou were bornyour navelcordwas not cut,norwere you washedwith waterfor cleansing;you were not rubbedwith saltor even wrappedin cloths.