Catholic Public Domain Version
"“You shall no longer give chaff to the people to form bricks, as before. But they may go and gather straw. "
— Exodus 5:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
“Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. ”
“"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
““You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves.”
“You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.”
“Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.”
“Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.”
The king of Egypt said to them: “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? Go back to your burdens.”
And Pharaoh said: “The people of the land are many. You see that the turmoil has increased: how much more if you give them rest from the works?”
Therefore, on the same day, he instructed the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:
“You shall no longer give chaff to the people to form bricks, as before. But they may go and gather straw.
And you shall impose upon them the same quota of bricks that they made before. Neither will you lessen anything, for they are idle, and therefore they cry out, saying: ‘We shall go and sacrifice to our God.’
They shall be oppressed with works, and these shall occupy them, so that they may not agree to lying words.”
And so the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: “Thus says Pharaoh: I give you no chaff.