Exodus 5:13 Parallel Translations

The slave drivers kept hurrying them. They said, "Finish the same amount of work each day, just as when you had straw."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

ASV:

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

BBE:

And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"

YLT:

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

Exodus 5:13 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 5:12 So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Exodus 5:14 Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

5:10-23 The Egyptian task-masters were very severe. See what need we have to pray that we may be delivered from wicked men. The head-workmen justly complained to Pharaoh: but he taunted them. The malice of Satan has often represented the service and worship of God, as fit employment only for those who have nothing else to do, and the business only of the idle; whereas, it is the duty of those who are most busy in the world. Those who are diligent in doing sacrifice to the Lord, will, before God, escape the doom of the slothful servant, though with men they do not. The Israelites should have humbled themselves before God, and have taken to themselves the shame of their sin; but instead of that, they quarrel with those who were to be their deliverers. Moses returned to the Lord. He knew that what he had said and done, was by God's direction; and therefore appeals to him. When we find ourselves at any time perplexed in the way of our duty, we ought to go to God, and lay open our case before him by fervent prayer. Disappointments in our work must not drive us from our God, but still we must ponder why they are sent.

CONC:

Amount Complete Daily Day's Drivers Driving Dry Exactors Fulfil Fulfill Full Haste Hasted Hastened Kept Labours Making Matter Overseers Pressed Pressing Quota Required Saying Stems Straw Task Taskmasters Task-masters Tasks Urged Urgent Works

Amount Complete Daily Drivers Driving Dry Exactors Fulfil Fulfill Full Haste Hasted Hastened Kept Labours Making Matter Overseers Pressed Pressing Quota Required Slave Stems Straw Task Taskmasters Task-Masters Tasks Urged Urgent Work Works

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