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Exodus 5:12

Egypt

10 So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.

11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13 The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

14 Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

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BSB
So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
KJV
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
WEB
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
ASV
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
DARBY
And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
BLB
And the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
ÅB
Da spredte folket seg over hele Egypt for å sanke stubber til å bruke istedenfor halm.
OTB
Dermed spredte folket seg over hele Egypt for å samle halmstrå.
B1930
Da spredte folket sig over hele Egyptens land for å sanke stubber til å bruke istedenfor halm.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Obadiah 1:18

    Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

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  • Nahum 1:10

    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

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  • Exodus 15:7

    You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:12

    If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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  • Joel 2:5

    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

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  • Isaiah 5:24

    Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 47:14

    Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.

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