Parallel Verses

King James 2000

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

New American Standard Bible

The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;

King James Version

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Holman Bible

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

International Standard Version

The Egyptians ruthlessly forced the Israelis to serve them,

A Conservative Version

And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor.

American Standard Version

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

Amplified

And the Egyptians made the Israelites serve rigorously [forcing them into severe slavery].

Bible in Basic English

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

Darby Translation

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with harshness;

Julia Smith Translation

And the Egyptians will make the sons of Israel serve by oppression.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the Egyptians ruthlessly compelled the {Israelites} to work.

Modern King James verseion

And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with harshness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the Egyptians held the children of Israel in bondage without mercy,

NET Bible

and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.

New Heart English Bible

The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

The Emphasized Bible

And the Egyptians rigorously made the sons of Israel serve;

Webster

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor.

World English Bible

The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,

Youngs Literal Translation

and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצרים 
Mitsrayim 
Usage: 681

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

to serve
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

References

Easton

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Israel And Oppression In Egypt

12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, in which they made them serve, was with rigor.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.

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