Exodus 5:10-11
Exodus 5:10-11 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’”
Exodus 5:10-12 The Message (MSG)
The slave-drivers and their underlings went out to the people with their new instructions. “Pharaoh’s orders: No more straw provided. Get your own straw wherever you can find it. And not one brick less in your daily work quota!” The people scattered all over Egypt scrambling for straw.
Exodus 5:10-11 King James Version (KJV)
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Exodus 5:10-11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw. You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.’ ”
Exodus 5:10-11 New Century Version (NCV)
So the slave masters and foremen went to the Israelites and said, “This is what the king says: I will no longer give you straw. Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it. But you must make as many bricks as you made before.”
Exodus 5:10-11 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.
Exodus 5:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw. Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’ ”
Exodus 5:10-11 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw. Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.’ ”
Exodus 5:10-11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then the [Egyptian] taskmasters [in charge] of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you any straw. Go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work [quota] will not be reduced in the least.’ ”