Exodus 5:12

So the people dispersed themselves throughout all the land of Egypt,—to gather stubble for straw:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

11Ye yourselves go fetch you straw, of any ye can find,—yet hath there not been diminished from your service a single thing.

13the taskmasters, meanwhile, being urgent saying,—Complete your works, The task of a day, in its day, as when the straw was provided.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of thine exaltation, dost thou tear down thine opposers,—Thou dost send forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as straw;

Isaiah 47:14Lo! they have become as straw—a fire, hath burned them up, They shall not deliver their own soul from the grasp of the flame,—There is, no live coal to warm them, nor blaze to sit before.

Obadiah 1:18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, with the house of Esau for stubble, So shall they kindle upon them, and devour them,—and there shall be no survivor to the house of Esau, for, Yahweh, hath spoken.

1 Corinthians 3:12But, if anyone is building, upon the foundation—gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

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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