KJV King James Version
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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Exodus 5:7
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
ASV American Standard Version
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore—they go and have gathered straw for themselves;
Surrounding context — Exodus 5
4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 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.
9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתֹאסִפ֞וּןH3254 · ya.saphto add: againלָתֵ֨תH5414 · na.tanto give: giveתֶּ֧בֶןH8401 · te.venstrawלָעָ֛םH5971 · ampeopleלִלְבֹּ֥ןH3835 · la.vento whitenהַלְּבֵנִ֖יםH3843 · le.ve.nahbrickכִּתְמ֣וֹלH8543 · te.molyesterdayשִׁלְשֹׁ֑םH8032 · shil.shomthree days agoהֵ֚םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)יֵֽלְכ֔וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּH7197 · qa.shashto gatherלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemתֶּֽבֶן׃H8401 · te.venstraw
Cross-references
Genesis 24:25She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.Judges 19:19Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man [which is] with thy servants: [there is] no want of any thing.
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