Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "Stop giving the people straw for making bricks. Make them go and find it for themselves. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw. straw. Context Bricks and Straw6Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying: 7You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.8And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.… Cross References Genesis 11:3 And each one said to his neighbour: Come let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar: Exodus 5:6 Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying: Exodus 5:8 And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Jump to Previous Add Brick Bricks Dry Gather Gathered Heretofore Longer Making Previously Stems Straw Supply ThemselvesJump to Next Add Brick Bricks Dry Gather Gathered Heretofore Longer Making Previously Stems Straw Supply ThemselvesLinks Exodus 5:7 NIVExodus 5:7 NLT Exodus 5:7 ESV Exodus 5:7 NASB Exodus 5:7 Bible Apps Exodus 5:7 Biblia Paralela Exodus 5:7 Chinese Bible Exodus 5:7 French Bible Exodus 5:7 German Bible Alphabetical: and are as brick bricks for gather give go let longer make making no own people previously straw supply the their them themselves to with You OT Law: Exodus 5:7 You shall no longer give the people (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |