Exodus 5:12

New International Reader's Version

So the people scattered all over Egypt. They went to gather any pieces of straw left in the fields.

Cross References

Exodus 15:7

Because of your great majesty, you threw down those who opposed you. Your burning anger blazed out. It burned them up like straw.

Exodus 5:11

Go and get your own straw anywhere you can find it. But you still have to make the same number of bricks.’ ”

Exodus 5:13

Pharaoh’s slave drivers kept making the people work hard. They said, “Finish the work you are required to do each day. Make the same number of bricks you made when you had straw.”

Isaiah 47:14

They are just like straw. Fire will burn them up. They can’t even save themselves from the powerful flames. These are not like coals that can warm anyone. This is not like a fire to sit by.

Isaiah 5:24

Flames of fire burn up straw. Dry grass sinks down into those flames. Evil people will be like plants whose roots rot away. They will be like flowers that are blown away like dust. That’s because they have said no to the law of the Lord who rules over all. They have turned against the message of the Holy One of Israel.

Joel 2:5

They sound like chariots as they leap over the mountaintops. They crackle like fire burning up dry weeds. They are like a mighty army that is ready for battle.

Obadiah 1:18

They will be like a fire. Joseph’s people will be like a flame. The nation of Edom will be like straw. Jacob’s people will set Edom on fire and burn it up. No one will be left alive among Esau’s people.” The Lord has spoken.

Nahum 1:10

His enemies will be tangled up among thorns. Their wine will make them drunk. They’ll be burned up like dry straw.

1 Corinthians 3:12

A person may build on it using gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay or straw.