And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.
Exodus 5:7 - King James 2000 You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall no more give the people straw to make brick; let them go and gather straw for themselves. American Standard Version (1901) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Common English Bible “Don’t supply the people with the straw they need to make bricks like you did before. Let them go out and gather the straw for themselves. Catholic Public Domain Version "You shall no longer give chaff to the people to form bricks, as before. But they may go and gather straw. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw. |
And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to lodge in.
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
And the number of the bricks, which they did make before, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish any of them: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no lack of any thing.