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Exodus 5:18

16 No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

17 “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

19 The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

20 When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

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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
Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
KJV
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
WEB
Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
ASV
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.
DARBY
And now go work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.
BLB
And now, go—work! And straw shall not be given to you⁺, and the quota of bricks you⁺ shall deliver.”
ÅB
Så gå nå og arbeid! Halm får dere ikke, men den fastsatte mengde tegl skal dere komme med.
OTB
Nå gå og arbeid; dere vil ikke få noen halm, men dere må levere hele kvoten av murstein.»
B1930
Så gå nu og arbeid! Halm får I ikke, men den fastsatte mengde tegl skal I komme med.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 2:9–13

    If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”

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  • Ezekiel 18:18

    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.

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