Exodus 5:8 - Tree of Life Version

But impose on them the quota of bricks that they made previously; don’t reduce it. For they are lazy—that’s why they cry out saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But the number of the bricks which they made before you shall still require of them; you shall not diminish it in the least. For they are idle; that is why they cry, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Common English Bible

But still make sure that they produce the same number of bricks as they made before. Don’t reduce the number! They are weak and lazy, and that’s why they cry, ‘Let’s go and offer sacrifices to our God.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And you shall impose upon them the same quota of bricks that they made before. Neither will you lessen anything, for they are idle, and therefore they cry out, saying: 'We shall go and sacrifice to our God.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before, neither shall you diminish any thing thereof: For they are idle, and therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 5:8 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 106:41

He handed them to the nations— those who hated them ruled over them.

Exodus 1:11

So they set slave masters over them to afflict them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Raamses as storage cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 5:17

But he said, “Lazy! You’re lazy! That’s why you were saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Adonai.’

Exodus 5:19

So the foremen of Bnei-Yisrael saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks from day to day.”

Exodus 5:7

“You are not to give the people any more straw to make bricks, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Exodus 5:9

Let even heavier work be laid upon the men, so that they must labor, paying no attention to deceptive words.”