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.

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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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