Exodus 5:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.””
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“The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 5:13 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:6That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
- Exodus 5:11Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
- Ezra 3:4They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
- Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).