And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required,
Exodus 5:13 - English Standard Version 2016 The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, your daily quotas, as when there was straw. American Standard Version (1901) And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Common English Bible The slave masters drove them hard and said, “Make sure you make the same daily quota as when you had the straw.” Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, the overseers of the works pressured them, saying: "Complete your work each day, just as you were accustomed to do before, when straw was given to you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you. |
And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required,
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’”
So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”