Exodus 5:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.”
Exodus 5:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 5:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 5:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
Exodus 5:12 — World English Bible
Exodus 5:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
Exodus 5:12 — American Standard Version
Exodus 5:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,”
Exodus 5:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 5:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
Exodus 5:12 — Darby Translation
Exodus 5:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.”
Exodus 5:12 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 5:12 in Context — Exodus 5
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.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
What Does Exodus 5:12 Mean?
Exodus 5:12 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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