My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”
Exodus 5:18 - Easy To Read Version Now, go back to work! We will not give you any straw! And you must still make as many bricks as you did before!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Get out now and get to work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the full quota of bricks. American Standard Version (1901) Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. Common English Bible Go and get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you still need to make the same number of bricks.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, go and work. Straw will not be given to you, and you will return the customary number of bricks." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go therefore, and work. Straw shall not be given you; and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks. |
My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”
Pharaoh answered, “You are lazy. You don’t want to work. That is why you ask me to let you go. And that is why you want to leave here and make sacrifices [48] to the Lord.
The Hebrew [49] foremen knew they were in trouble. The foremen knew they could not make as many bricks as they made in the past.
Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears. And I saw that there was no one to comfort those sad people. I saw cruel people had all the power. And I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.
The father might hurt people and steal things. He might never do anything good for my people! That father will die because of his own sins. \{But the son won’t be punished for his father’s sins.\}