7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.


In Context

4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

6 And the same day Pharaoh commanded 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 number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

9 Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.

Exodus 5:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:7"You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7|You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.