Exodus 5:8
6 That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
7 “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
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.
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
- But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’
- ASV
- And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
- DARBY
- And the number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them: ye shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God.
- BLB
- And the quota of bricks that they were making yesterday and the day before yesterday you⁺ shall set on them. You⁺ shall not diminish from it, for they are idle. Upon thus, they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God.’
- ÅB
- Men den samme mengde teglstein som de før har gjort, skal dere pålegge demdere skal ikke avkorte noe i deres arbeid. For de er dovne; derfor skriker de og sier: La oss gå og ofre til vår Gud!
- OTB
- Men dere må fortsatt kreve at de produserer samme kvote murstein som tidligere; ikke reduser den. De er late, og det er derfor de roper: 'La oss gå og ofre til vår Gud.'
- B1930
- Men den samme mengde teglsten som de før har gjort, skal I pålegge dem; I skal ikke avkorte noget i deres arbeid. For de er dovne; derfor skriker de og sier: La oss gå og ofre til vår Gud!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:41
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
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