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Exodus 5:9

WorkJustice

7 “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

8 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.’

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.

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

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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
Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
KJV
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
WEB
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
ASV
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
DARBY
Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.
BLB
Let the service be heavy on the men, and let them be occupied with it. And let them not pay attention to lying words.”
ÅB
Legg tungt arbeid på disse mennesker, så de har nok med det og ikke hører etter løgnaktige ord!
OTB
Gjør arbeidet mer byrdefullt for mennene, så de fortsetter å arbeide og ikke legger merke til løgnene.»
B1930
Legg tungt arbeid på disse mennesker, så de har nok med det og ikke hører efter løgnaktige ord!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

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  • Malachi 3:14

    You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

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  • Zechariah 1:6

    But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

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  • 2 Kings 18:20

    You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

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  • Job 16:3

    Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

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  • Jeremiah 43:2

    Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

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