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


In Context

10 And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, 'Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,

11 ye — go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find it, for there is nothing of your service diminished.'

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

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

14 And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, 'Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?'

15 And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, 'Why dost thou thus to thy servants?

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:13The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had 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 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.