Exodus 5:7
What does Exodus 5:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 5:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`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;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Context
v.6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
v.7This passage
v.8And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 19:19
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man that is with thy servants: there is no want of anything.
- Genesis 24:25
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
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