American Standard Version (ASV):
And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.
King James Version (KJV):
And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.
King James Version (KJV):
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
American Standard Version (ASV):
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
King James Version (KJV):
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
King James Version (KJV):
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
American Standard Version (ASV):
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.
King James Version (KJV):
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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
King James Version (KJV):
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish [ought] thereof: for they [be] idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
King James Version (KJV):
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
American Standard Version (ASV):
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
King James Version (KJV):
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
King James Version (KJV):
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
King James Version (KJV):
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.