Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
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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 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, lest they become many, and when war happens, they also will join our enemies and will fight against us and go up from the land." 11 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. 12 And as he oppressed them, so they became many, and so they spread out, and [the Egyptians] were afraid because of the presence of the {Israelites}.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 15:13
And he said to Abram, "{You must surely know} that your descendants shall be [as] aliens in a land {not their own}. And they shall serve them and they shall oppress them four hundred years.
Genesis 47:11
And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and he gave them property in the land of Egypt in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed.
Exodus 2:11
{And then} in those days when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and he saw their {forced labor}, and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man, [one of] his brothers.
Exodus 3:7
And Yahweh said, "Surely I have seen the misery of my people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry of distress because of their oppressors, for I know their sufferings.
Deuteronomy 26:6
And the Egyptians treated us badly, and they oppressed us and imposed on us hard labor.
Psalm 81:6
"I removed his shoulder from a burden. His hands were freed from [the] basket.
Exodus 5:4-6
And the king of Egypt said, "Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people from their work? Go to your {forced labor}!"
Exodus 5:15
And the foremen of the {Israelites} came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you treat your servants like this?
Exodus 6:6-7
Therefore say to the {Israelites}, 'I [am] Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the {forced labor} of Egypt, and I will deliver you from their slavery, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great punishments.
Numbers 20:15
our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt {a long time}, and the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.
1 Kings 9:19
and [he also built] all of the storage cities which were Solomon's, the cities [for] the chariots, the cities [for] the cavalry, and all of Solomon's desire that he wanted to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 8:4
And he built Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the storage cities in Hamath.
Psalm 68:13
Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold."
Psalm 105:13
and they wandered about {among the nations}, from [one] kingdom to another people,
Proverbs 27:4
Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?