Exodus 5:11

Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe.

12Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:11-15

10 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. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which… Read the whole commentary →

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