Exodus 5:16

Exodus chapter 5 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

Context

v.15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

v.16This passage

v.17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.