Verse Comparison: Exodus 5:13
American Standard Version
And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, `your' daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Amplified® Bible
And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, your daily quotas, as when there was straw.
Contemporary English Version
But the slave bosses were hard on them and kept saying, "Each day you have to make as many bricks as you did when you were given straw."
Darby English Version
And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
Good News Bible
The slave drivers kept trying to force them to make the same number of bricks every day as they had made when they were given straw.
King James Version
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
New American Standard Bible
The taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Complete your work quota, {your} daily amount, just as when you had straw."
New International Version
The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw."
New King James Version
And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw."
Revised Standard Version
The taskmasters were urgent, saying, "Complete your work, your daily task, as when there was straw."
Young's Literal Translation
and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'
