NET Bible
"So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said,“Thus says Pharaoh:‘I am not giving you straw."
— Exodus 5:10, NET Bible
“And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.”
“And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. ”
“The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you straw.”
“And the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters, went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao: I allow you no straw;”
“And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.”
“And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.”
“You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves.
But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying,‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’
Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”
So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said,“Thus says Pharaoh:‘I am not giving you straw.
You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”
So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.
The slave masters were pressuring them, saying,“Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”