The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Par`oh says: *I will not give you straw.
Exodus 5:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go, get straw where you can find it; but your work shall not be diminished in the least. American Standard Version (1901) Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished. Common English Bible Go and get the straw on your own, wherever you can find it. But your work won’t be reduced at all.’” Catholic Public Domain Version Go, and collect it wherever you are able to find it. Neither will anything of your work be diminished." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished. |
The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Par`oh says: *I will not give you straw.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.