and made their lives bitter with difficult labour in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
Exodus 5:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, ‘Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, Why have you not fulfilled all your quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before? American Standard Version (1901) And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore? Common English Bible The Israelite supervisors, whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them, were also beaten and asked, “Why didn’t you produce the same number of bricks yesterday and today as you did before?” Catholic Public Domain Version And those who were first in the works of the sons of Israel were scourged by Pharaoh's taskmasters, saying: "Why have you not filled the quota of bricks, neither yesterday, nor today, just as before?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they that were over the works of the children of Israel were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks both yesterday and today as before? |
and made their lives bitter with difficult labour in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
The overseers insisted, ‘Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.’
So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: ‘Why are you treating your servants this way?
That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen,
Therefore, the Lord God of Armies says this: ‘My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though they strike you with a rod and raise their staff over you as the Egyptians did.