Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Exodus 5:10 - King James 2000 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. American Standard Version (1901) And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Common English Bible So the people’s slave masters and supervisors came out and spoke to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says, ‘I’m not giving you straw anymore. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: "Thus says Pharaoh: I give you no chaff. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao, I allow you no straw. |
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Go, get you straw where you can find it: yet not any of your work shall be diminished.
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor in it; and let them not give regard to vain words.
The burden concerning the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the backs of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.