Exodus 5:15

New English Translation

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Cross References

Job 3:18

There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Exodus 1:11

So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 5:14

The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past – both yesterday and today?”

Exodus 5:16

No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people.”