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The Cry of the Israelites

Exodus 5:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
KJV
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
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.
LSV
and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and you give the [required] measure of bricks.”
YLT
and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'
DBY
And now go — work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.
DRC
Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.
GNV
Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke.
JPS
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'
LXXE
Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

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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
וְעַתָּה֙ לְכ֣וּ עִבְד֔וּ וְתֶ֖בֶן לֹא־יִנָּתֵ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם וְתֹ֥כֶן לְבֵנִ֖ים תִּתֵּֽנּוּ׃
LXX-Br
Νῦν οὖν πορευθέντες, ἐργάζεσθε· τὸ γὰρ ἄχυρον οὐ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν, καὶ τὴν σύνταξιν τῆς πλινθείας ἀποδώσετε.

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