Exodus 5:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Exodus 5:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 5:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 5:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The taskmasters of the people went out with their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw.”
Exodus 5:10 — World English Bible
Exodus 5:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Exodus 5:10 — American Standard Version
Exodus 5:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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,”
Exodus 5:10 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 5:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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: ”
Exodus 5:10 — Darby Translation
Exodus 5:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe.”
Exodus 5:10 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 5:10 in Context — Exodus 5
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10 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.
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
What Does Exodus 5:10 Mean?
Exodus 5:10 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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