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Oppression by a New King

Exodus 1:13

In 11 translations

BSB
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
KJV
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
WEB
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
ASV
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
LSV
and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigor,
YLT
and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,
DBY
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;
DRC
And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:
GNV
Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israel to serue.
JPS
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.
LXXE
And the Egyptians tyrannised over the children of Israel by force.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ מִצְרַ֛יִם אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ κατεδυνάστευον οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ βίᾳ.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

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