And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
WEB
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
YLT
and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'
DBT
And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus