12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.


In Context

9 Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying 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 yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.

12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13 And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

Exodus 5:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:12So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And the people was scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather straw.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.