Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!*
Exodus 5:19 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The officers of the children of Yisra'el saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, *You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Hebrew foremen saw that they were in an evil situation when it was said, You shall not diminish in the least your full daily quota of bricks. American Standard Version (1901) And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks. Common English Bible The Israelite supervisors saw how impossible their situation was when they were commanded, “Don’t reduce your daily quota of bricks.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the first among the sons of Israel saw themselves in a crisis, because it was said to them, "Nothing at all will be lessened from the bricks throughout each day." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day. |
Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!*
They met Moshe and Aharon, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Par`oh:
The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
For the LORD will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.