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


In Context

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.'

9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to 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 American Standard 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 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 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.