13The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw."


In Context

10 Then the slave drivers and the foremen went out and said to the people, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you any more straw.

11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.' "

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

13 The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw."

14 The Israelite foremen appointed by Pharaoh's slave drivers were beaten and were asked, "Why didn't you meet your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?"

15 Then the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why have you treated your servants this way?

Exodus 5:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13And the taskmasters hasted [them,] saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:13And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:13And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:13And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13And the task-masters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13The taskmasters were urgent saying, |Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.