Exodus 5:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
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“So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 5:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 47:14Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
- Joel 2:5With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
- Obadiah 1:18Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.
- Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
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