Exodus 5:11

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

King James Version
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Other Translations for Exodus 5:11

BSB
Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.'"
AKJV
Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
CPDV
Go, and collect it wherever you are able to find it. Neither will anything of your work be diminished."
ERV
Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.
NHEB
Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.'"
SMT
Go ye, take straw for yourselves, from where ye shall find it; for not a word shall be taken away from your works.

Commentary for Exodus 5:11

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry
Overview of Exodus 5:11
Summary
Workers must find materials independently while maintaining quotas
Place
Egypt
Event
Workers forced to find materials independently
Estimated Time Period
c. 1300 BC
Category
Narrative