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Exodus 5:7
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5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are amany now, and you make them rest from their labor!”  
6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the ataskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,  
7 “You shall no longer give the people straw to make abrick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.  
8 And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
9 Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”
10 And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw.
Verse Comparison: Exodus 5:7

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American Standard Version
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Amplified® Bible
You shall no more give the people straw to make brick; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Contemporary English Version
Don't give the slaves any more straw to put in their bricks. Force them to find their own straw wherever they can,

Darby English Version
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Good News Bible
"Stop giving the people straw for making bricks. Make them go and find it for themselves.

King James Version
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

New American Standard Bible
"You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

New International Version
"You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

New King James Version
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You will no longer give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Revised Standard Version
"You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves;


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