Exodus 5:11
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.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
- KJV
- Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
- WEB
- Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”
- ASV
- Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.
- DARBY
- go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.
- BLB
- You⁺ go, get straw for yourselves from wherever you⁺ can find it; for nothing is diminishing from your⁺ service.’”
- ÅB
- Gå selv og finn dere halm, hvor dere kan; Men i deres arbeid skal det ikke avkortes noe.
- OTB
- Gå og samle halm selv hvor dere kan finne det, men arbeidsmengden deres vil ikke bli redusert i det hele tatt.'»
- B1930
- Gå selv og finn eder halm, hvor I kan; Men i eders arbeid skal det ikke avkortes noget.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 5:13–14
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
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