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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.
11 Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13 And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”
14 Also the aofficers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were bbeaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before?”  
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why are you dealing thus with your servants?
16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”
17 But he said, “You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
18 Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”
19 And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You shall not reduce any bricks from your daily quota.”
20 Then, as they came out from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron who stood there to meet them.
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;

New English Translation
“You must no longer1 give straw to the people for making bricks2 as before.3 Let them go4 and collect straw for themselves.


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