And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Treasury of Scripture daily tasks. Heb. a matter of a day in his day.
Context Bricks and Straw
6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay on them; you shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9Let there more work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words. 10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus said Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you.
Darby Bible Translation
And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
King James Bible
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Young's Literal Translation
and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'
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