Exodus 1:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.”

Exodus 1:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 1:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 1:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.”

Exodus 1:14 — World English Bible

Exodus 1:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor. ”

Exodus 1:14 — American Standard Version

Exodus 1:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every <FI>kind<Fi> of service in the field; all their service in which they have served <FI>is<Fi> with rigour.”

Exodus 1:14 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 1:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness. ”

Exodus 1:14 — Darby Translation

Exodus 1:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay and in bricke, and in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.”

Exodus 1:14 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 1:14 in Context — Exodus 1

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

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What Does Exodus 1:14 Mean?

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