Exodus 5:13
11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
12 So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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?”
15 So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
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.
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- BSB
- The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
- KJV
- And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
- WEB
- The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
- ASV
- And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.
- DARBY
- And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
- BLB
- And the taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your⁺ works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there was the straw.”
- ÅB
- Men arbeidsfogdene drev på og sa: Gjør deres arbeid ferdig, fullt dagsverk for hver dag, slik som dengang dere hadde halm.
- OTB
- Oppsynsmennene presset dem og sa: «Fullfør deres daglige arbeidskvote, akkurat som da dere hadde halm.»
- B1930
- Men arbeidsfogdene drev på og sa: Gjør eders arbeid ferdig, fullt dagsverk for hver dag, likesom dengang I hadde halm.