Exodus 5 · Verse 11

Exodus 5:11

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Exodus 5:11, King James Version

Exodus 5:11 in other translations

BSBGo and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
WEBGo yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”
ASVGo yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.
YLTye--go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find it, for there is nothing of your service diminished.'
DARBYgo ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.
BBEGo yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.
WebsterGo ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished.

What does Exodus 5:11 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…

Read the full comment on Exodus 5:10-23 →

Exodus 5:11 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.

אַתֶּ֗ם'a.TemyouH859
לְכ֨וּle.KhugoH1980
קְח֤וּke.ChuacquireH3947
לָכֶם֙la.Khemfor <the> yourselves
תֶּ֔בֶןTe.venstrawH8401
מֵאֲשֶׁ֖רme.'a.Sherfrom whereH834
תִּמְצָ֑אוּtim.Tza.'uyou will find [it]H4672
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369
נִגְרָ֛עnig.Ra'[is] diminishedH1639
מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖םme.'a.vo.dat.Khemfrom labor yourH5656
דָּבָֽר\׃da.VaranythingH1697

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

Cross references for Exodus 5:11

  • Exodus 5:13-14

    And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
not ought.
13,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 5:12

    So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

Read all of Exodus 5

Exodus 5:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Id vosotros, y recoged paja donde la hallareis; que nada se disminuirá de vuestra tarea.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		allez vous-mêmes, et prenez de la paille où vous en trouverez; car il ne sera rien retranché de votre service.
German
Elberfelder 1871		gehet ihr selbst hin, holet euch Stroh, wo ihr es findet; doch an eurem Dienste wird nichts gemindert werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ite, et colligite sicubi invenire poteritis, nec minuetur quidquam de opere vestro.