Exodus 5:13

In 11 translations

BSB

The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

KJV

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.your daily…: Heb. a matter of a day in his day

WEB

The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”

ASV

And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

LSV

and the exactors are making haste, saying, “Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.”

YLT

and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

DBY

And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.

DRC

And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you.

GNV

And the taskemasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.

JPS

And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'

LXXE

And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּהְי֥וֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ δὲ ἐργοδιῶκται κατέσπευδον αὐτοὺς, λέγοντες, συντελεῖτε τὰ ἔργα τὰ καθήκοντα καθʼ ἡμέραν, καθάπερ καὶ ὅτε τὸ ἄχυρον ἐδίδοτο ὑμῖν.

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