Exodus 5 · Verse 10

Exodus 5:10

And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Exodus 5:10, King James Version

Exodus 5:10 in other translations

BSBSo the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
WEBThe taskmasters of the people went out with their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw.
ASVAnd the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
YLTAnd 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,
DARBYAnd the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw:
BBEAnd the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.
WebsterAnd the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

What does Exodus 5:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Exodus 5:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּvai.Ye.tze.'Uand they went outH3318
נֹגְשֵׂ֤יno.ge.Sei[the] taskmasters ofH5065
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יוve.Sho.te.Ravand foremen itsH7860
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
אֵינֶ֛נִּי'ei.Ne.ninot IH369
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[am] givingH5414
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemto <the> you
תֶּֽבֶן\׃Te.venstrawH8401

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 5:10

  • Exodus 1:11

    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

  • Proverbs 29:12

    If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

  • Exodus 3:7

    And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

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taskmasters.
1:11; Pr 29:12

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Context

  • Exodus 5:9

    Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

  • Exodus 5:10

    And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

  • Exodus 5:11

    Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

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Exodus 5:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y saliendo los cuadrilleros del pueblo y sus gobernadores, hablaron al pueblo, diciendo: Así ha dicho Faraón: Yo no os doy paja.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les exacteurs du peuple et ses commissaires sortirent, et parlèrent au peuple, disant: Ainsi dit le Pharaon: Je ne vous donnerai point de paille;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Treiber des Volkes und seine Vorsteher gingen hinaus und redeten zu dem Volke und sprachen: So spricht der Pharao: Ich werde euch kein Stroh geben;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur egressi præfecti operum et exactores ad populum, dixerunt: Sic dicit Pharao: Non do vobis paleas: