Exodus 5:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
Exodus 5:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 5:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 5:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
Exodus 5:7 — World English Bible
Exodus 5:7 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. ”
Exodus 5:7 — American Standard Version
Exodus 5:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore--they go and have gathered straw for themselves;”
Exodus 5:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 5:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. ”
Exodus 5:7 — Darby Translation
Exodus 5:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:”
Exodus 5:7 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 5:7 in Context — Exodus 5
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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.
What Does Exodus 5:7 Mean?
Exodus 5:7 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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