6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,


In Context

3 They said, |The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.|

4 The king of Egypt said to them, |Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!|

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

6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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

8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

Exodus 5:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:6That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and foremen in charge of the people:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,