Exodus 5:18

Bible in Basic English

Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!"

King James Version
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

Lexham English Bible
And now go, work, but straw will not be given to you, and you must give the full quota of bricks."

New Century Version
Now, go back to work! We will not give you any straw, but you must make just as many bricks as you did before."

New English Translation
So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!"

Amplified Bible
"Get out now and get to work; for no straw will be given to you, yet you are to deliver the same quota of bricks."

New American Standard Bible
"So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, but you must deliver the quota of bricks."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, go and labor; but straw will not be given to you, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks."

Contemporary English Version
Get back to work! You won't be given straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks."

Complete Jewish Bible
Get going now, and get back to work! No straw will be given to you, and you will still deliver the full amount of bricks."

Darby Translation
And now go—work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now, go back to work! We will not give you any straw. And you must still make as many bricks as you did before."

English Standard Version
Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks."

George Lamsa Translation
Go therefore now and work; and straw shall not be given you, yet you shall deliver the number of bricks.

Good News Translation
Now get back to work! You will not be given any straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks."

Christian Standard Bible®
Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”

Literal Translation
Therefore, go now and work. And straw will not be given to you; and a certain number of bricks you shall deliver.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go now yor waye therfore, & worke: there shall no strawe be geuen you, but the nombre of brycke shal ye delyuer.

American Standard Version
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Go therfore nowe, & worke, and there shall no strawe be geuen you, & yet shall ye deliuer the whole tale of bricke.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'

King James Version (1611)
Goe therefore now and worke: for there shall no straw bee giuen you, yet shall ye deliuer the tale of brickes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

English Revised Version
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

Berean Standard Bible
Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
therfor go ye, and worche; stre schal not be youun to you, and ye schulen yelde the customable noumbre of tijl stoonus.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'

Update Bible Version
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet you shall deliver the number of bricks.

Webster's Bible Translation
Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

World English Bible
Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet shall you deliver the same number of bricks!"

New King James Version
Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks."

New Living Translation
Now get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still produce the full quota of bricks."

New Life Bible
Go now and work. You will be given no straw. Yet you must make the same number of clay blocks."

New Revised Standard
Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, but you shall still deliver the same number of bricks."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, go labour, but, straw, shall not be given you, - yet the tale of bricks, shall ye render.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Go therefore and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.

Revised Standard Version
Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks."

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants? ¹⁶ They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong. ¹⁷ But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord. ¹⁸ Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks. ¹⁹ Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before. ²⁰ And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh: ²¹ And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction. ²² And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me? ²³ For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this people, and you have given them no help.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

yet shall ye deliver: Ezekiel 18:18, Daniel 2:9-13

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:11 - I will add 2 Chronicles 10:11 - I will put Job 39:7 - driver Psalms 107:12 - he brought

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

Genesis 5:14
And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

Genesis 5:15
And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

Luke 3:37
The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Go therefore now, and work,.... Go about your business, attend to your work, even you officers, as well as your people; work yourselves, as well as see that your people do theirs, and do not trouble me with such impertinent applications:

for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks; the usual number of bricks, as the Vulgate Latin version has it; though in Exodus 5:8, it is rendered in that version the measure of bricks, and so another word is translated by them, Exodus 5:14, and perhaps both may be intended, both number and measure; that is, that it was expected and insisted on that they delivered the full number of bricks they used to make, and these of full measure; for bricks were made of different measures, as Vitruvius p observes; some among the bricks were of two hands' breadth, others of four, and a third sort of five. Exodus 5:14- :.

p Ut supra. (Vide Vitruvium de Architectura, l. 2. c. 3. p. 46)