Exodus 5:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 5:10

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.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 5:10

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American Standard Version
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

Amplified® Bible
The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

Contemporary English Version
The slave bosses and the men in charge of the slaves went out and told them, "The king says he will not give you any more straw.

Darby English Version
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:

Good News Bible
The slave drivers and the Israelite foremen went out and said to the Israelites, "The king has said that he will not supply you with any more straw.

King James Version
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

New American Standard Bible
So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, `I am not going to give you {any} straw.

New International Version
Then the slave drivers and the foremen went out and said to the people, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you any more straw.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you any straw.

Revised Standard Version
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you straw.

Young's Literal Translation
And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, `Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,

New English Translation
So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said,¹ “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving² you straw.

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