Exodus 5:6

Contemporary English Version

That same day the king gave orders to his slave bosses and to the men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The same day Par`oh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

King James Version
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And on that day Pharaoh commanded the slave drivers over the people and his foremen, saying,

New Century Version
That same day the king gave a command to the slave masters and foremen.

New English Translation
That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:

Amplified Bible
The very same day Pharaoh gave orders to the [Egyptian] taskmasters in charge of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen, saying,

New American Standard Bible
So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taskemasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
So on that day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

Complete Jewish Bible
That same day Pharaoh ordered the slavemasters and the people's foremen,

Darby Translation
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
That same day Pharaoh gave a command to the slave masters and Hebrew foremen.

English Standard Version
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

George Lamsa Translation
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their scribes, saying,

Good News Translation
That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:

Christian Standard Bible®
That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen:

Literal Translation
And Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their overseers, that day, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The same daye therfore dyd Pharao comaunde the workmasters of the people, and their officers, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Bible in Basic English
The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Pharao comaunded the same day, ye taskmaisters which were amongest the people and the officers, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taske-masters of the people, and their officers, saying;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Pharao gave orders to the task-masters of the people and the accountants, saying,

English Revised Version
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Farao comaundide in that dai to the maistris of werkis, and to rente gadereris of the puple,

Young's Literal Translation
And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

Update Bible Version
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,

World English Bible
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

New King James Version
So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

New Living Translation
That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:

New Life Bible
That same day Pharaoh told the men who made the people work,

New Revised Standard
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Pharaoh gave command on that day, unto the taskmasters over the people and unto their overseers - saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

THE MESSAGE
Pharaoh took immediate action. He sent down orders to the slave-drivers and their underlings: "Don't provide straw for the people for making bricks as you have been doing. Make them get their own straw. And make them produce the same number of bricks—no reduction in their daily quotas! They're getting lazy. They're going around saying, ‘Give us time off so we can worship our God.' Crack down on them. That'll cure them of their whining, their god-fantasies."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

Contextual Overview

³ They answered, "The Lord God of the Hebrews, has appeared to us. Please let us walk three days into the desert where we can offer sacrifices to him. If you don't, he may strike us down with terrible troubles or with war." ⁴The king said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping these people from working? Look how many you are keeping from doing their work. Now everyone get back to work!" ⁶ That same day the king gave orders to his slave bosses and to the men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them: ⁷ Don't give the slaves any more straw to put in their bricks. Force them to find their own straw wherever they can, ⁸ but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God. ⁹ Make them work so hard that they won't have time to listen to these lies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

taskmasters: Nogesim, literally, exactors, oppressors. These taskmasters were Egyptians - Exodus 1:11, but the officers were Hebrews. Exodus 5:14. Exodus 5:10, Exodus 5:13, Exodus 5:15, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 1:11, Proverbs 12:10

officers: Shoterim, from the Arabic saytara, to overlook, superintend, seems to denote, as musaytar in Arabic also does, overseers, superintendents. They may have been somewhat like the chiefs of trades, who are found in every city in the East; where every trade has a head, who is entrusted with authority over them, and is in some measure answerable for them to Government. Compare Exodus 2:14. Numbers 11:16, Deuteronomy 1:15, Deuteronomy 16:18, Joshua 8:33, Joshua 24:1, Joshua 24:4, 2 Chronicles 26:11

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:8 - If Job 3:18 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
Later, Seth had a son and named him Enosh. About this time people started worshiping the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people,.... Who were Egyptians, and whom Pharaoh sent for the same day, to give them orders to oppress them yet more and more, so far was he from complying with their request:

[and] their officers; who were Israelites, and were under the taskmasters, and accountable to them for each man's work that they had the inspection and care of:

saying, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their officers - Or scribes. Hebrews able to keep accounts in writing, appointed by the Egyptian superintendents, and responsible to them for the work; see Exodus 5:14. Subordinate officers are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, giving in written accounts to their immediate superiors.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 5:6. The task-masters of the people and their officers — The task-masters were Egyptians, (Exodus 1:11), the officers were Hebrews; Exodus 5:14. But it is probable that the task-masters Exodus 1:11, who are called שרי מסים sarey missim, princes of the burdens or taxes, were different from those termed taskmasters here, as the words are different; נגשים nogesim signifies exactors or oppressors - persons who exacted from them an unreasonable proportion either of labour or money.

Officers. - שטרים shoterim; those seem to have been an inferior sort of officers, who attended on superior officers or magistrates to execute their orders. They are supposed to have been something like our sheriffs.