Exodus 5:18
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Exodus 5:18 in other translations
| BSB | Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.” |
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| WEB | Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!” |
| ASV | Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. |
| YLT | and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.' |
| DARBY | And now go — work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks. |
| BBE | Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks. |
| Webster | Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. |
What does Exodus 5:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:13-19
13-19. And the taskmasters hasted them ... officers ... beaten--As the nearest fields were bared and the people had to go farther for stubble, it was impossible for them to meet the demand by the usual tale of bricks. "The beating of the officers is just what might have been expected from an Eastern tyrant, especially in the valley of the Nile, as it appears from the monuments, that ancient Egypt, like modern China…
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…
Exodus 5:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 5:18
- Daniel 2:9-13
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. …
- Ezekiel 18:18
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
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Context
- Exodus 5:17
But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.
- Exodus 5:18
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
- Exodus 5:19
And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
Exodus 5:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Id pues ahora, y trabajad. No se os dará paja, y habéis de dar la tarea del ladrillo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant, allez, travaillez; on ne vous donnera point de paille, et vous livrerez la quantité de briques. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun gehet hin, arbeitet! und Stroh wird euch nicht gegeben werden, und das Maß Ziegel sollt ihr liefern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ite ergo, et operamini: paleæ non dabuntur vobis, et reddetis consuetum numerum laterum. |