Exodus 5:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.”
Exodus 5:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 5:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 5:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!””
Exodus 5:13 — World English Bible
Exodus 5:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. ”
Exodus 5:13 — American Standard Version
Exodus 5:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'”
Exodus 5:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 5:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw. ”
Exodus 5:13 — Darby Translation
Exodus 5:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the taskemasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.”
Exodus 5:13 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 5:13 in Context — Exodus 5
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?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
What Does Exodus 5:13 Mean?
Exodus 5:13 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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