Exodus 5:7

Exodus chapter 5 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye 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.