Exodus 5:11

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

American Standard Version (1901)

Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.

Bible in Basic English

Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.

Free Bible Version

Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because your work quota won't be reduced.”

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”

Translation for Translators

So you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.” [LIT]

Unlocked Literal Bible

You yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it, but your workload will not be reduced.'”

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”

Young's Literal Translation

ye — go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.'

Context

Bricks and Straw

¹⁰So 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.¹¹Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

Sermons

The Holiness of God

Ian Murray

813

Summary

In Exodus 5:11, the Israelite foremen are reprimanded by Pharaoh for requesting to go and worship the Lord in the wilderness. This verse illustrates the harsh oppression and cruelty the Israelites faced under Pharaoh's rule, as their plea for religious freedom is met with increased labor demands. It sets the stage for the subsequent events of God's deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt, showcasing His faithfulness and power in fulfilling His promises despite the obstacles they faced.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Go ye, get ye straw, where you can find it,.... Before it was provided by the king, and brought to the brickkilns, but now they are bid to go and fetch it themselves, and get it where they could, whether in fields or barns; and if they were obliged to pay for it out of their labour; it was a greater oppression still: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished; they were to do the same work, and make the same number of bricks, as when straw was brought and given them; and no allowance made for waste of time in seeking, or expenses in procuring straw, which was very hard upon them.

Exodus 5:11

Bricks and Straw

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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

American Standard Version (1901)

Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.

Bible in Basic English

Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.

Free Bible Version

Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because your work quota won't be reduced.”

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”

Translation for Translators

So you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.” [LIT]

Unlocked Literal Bible

You yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it, but your workload will not be reduced.'”

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”

Young's Literal Translation

ye — go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.'