Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So they appointed
King James Version
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Holman Bible
So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor.
International Standard Version
So the Egyptians placed supervisors over them, oppressing them with heavy burdens. The Israelis built the supply cities of Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh.
A Conservative Version
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
American Standard Version
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Amplified
So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with hard labor. And the sons of Israel built Pithom and Raamses as storage cities for Pharaoh.
Bible in Basic English
So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.
Darby Translation
And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will set over them leaders of the tributes in order to afflict them in their burdens. And they will build cities of stores for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses
King James 2000
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they appointed commanders of forced labor over them in order to oppress them with their {forced labor}, and they built storage cities for Pharaoh--Pithom and Rameses.
Modern King James verseion
And they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built treasure cities for Pharaoh, Pithon and Raamses.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he set taskmasters over them, to keep them under with burdens. And they built unto Pharaoh treasure cities: Pithom and Rameses.
NET Bible
So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
The Emphasized Bible
So they set over them chiefs of tribute, to the end they might humiliate them with their burdens, - and they built store-cities for Pharaoh, even Pithom and Raamses.
Webster
Therefore they set over them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom, and Raamses.
World English Bible
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;
Themes
Afflictions » Frequently terminate in good
physical Bondage » In prison » Of israel
Cities » Designated as » Treasure
Cities » Built » Of brick and mortar
Cities » Different kinds of » Treasure
Egypt » History of israel in » Israel increase and are oppressed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Carried into bondage
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Bondage of
Oppression » Instances of » Of israelites, by egyptians
Persecution » Spirit of--exemplified
Pithom » A treasure city in lower egypt
Rameses » The district in egypt which was inhabited by the israelites
Servant » Instances of » israelites
Servant » Bond » Cruelty to » The israelites
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 1:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel And Oppression In Egypt
10
We must outsmart them or they will increase in number. If war breaks out they will leave the country and join our enemies to fight against us.
11 So they appointed
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 15:13
Jehovah said to Abram: Know this for sure; your offspring will be strangers (aliens) in a land that is not theirs. They will be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years.
Genesis 47:11
Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt. He gave them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses. This was as the king had commanded.
Exodus 2:11
After Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people (his brothers) were hard at work. He saw an Egyptian beating one of them.
Exodus 3:7
Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.
Deuteronomy 26:6
The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us. They imposed hard labor on us.
Psalm 81:6
I relieved his shoulder of the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
Exodus 5:4-6
The king of Egypt replied: Moses and Aaron, why do you distract the people from their work? Get back to work!
Exodus 5:15
Finally, the men in charge of the slaves went to the king and asked: Why are you treating us like this?
Exodus 6:6-7
Tell the sons of Israel: 'I am Jehovah. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians. I will free you from slavery! I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty acts of judgment.'
Numbers 20:15
Our ancestors went to Egypt. We lived there for many years. The Egyptians mistreated our ancestors and us.
1 Kings 9:19
the cities where his supplies were kept, the cities for his horses and chariots, and everything else he wanted to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and elsewhere in his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 8:4
He rebuilt Tadmor in the desert and built all the storage cities in Hamath.
Psalm 68:13
Though you stayed among the sheep pens, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold.
Psalm 105:13
They went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people.
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?