There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Exodus 5:15 - New Revised Standard Version Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried, “Why do you treat your servants like this? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, Why do you deal like this with your servants? American Standard Version (1901) Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? Common English Bible Then the Israelite supervisors came and pleaded to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? Catholic Public Domain Version And the first among the sons of Israel came, and they cried out to Pharaoh, saying: "Why do act against your servants in this way? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants? |
There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.
And the supervisors of the Israelites, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why did you not finish the required quantity of bricks yesterday and today, as you did before?”
No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look how your servants are beaten! You are unjust to your own people.”