Exodus 5:12

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

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

In Context

11Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.

13And the taskemasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowen them that rose against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as the stubble.

Isaiah 47:14Beholde, they shall be as stubble: the fire shall burne them: they shall not deliuer their owne liues from the power of the flame: there shalbe no coles to warme at, nor light to sit by.

Obadiah 1:18And the house of Iaakob shalbe a fire, and the house of Ioseph a flame, and the house of Esau as stubble, and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them: and there shall bee no remnant of the house of Esau for the Lord hath spoken it.

1 Corinthians 3:12And if any man builde on this foundation, golde, siluer, precious stones, timber, haye, or stubble,

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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