Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So the people scattered throughout the entire land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.
New American Standard Bible
So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
King James Version
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Holman Bible
So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
A Conservative Version
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
American Standard Version
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Amplified
So the people were scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.
Bible in Basic English
So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.
Darby Translation
And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people will be dispersed in all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
King James 2000
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people spread out in all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for the straw.
Modern King James verseion
So the people were scattered through all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the people scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt for to gather them stubble to be instead of straw.
NET Bible
So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.
New Heart English Bible
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
The Emphasized Bible
So the people dispersed themselves throughout all the land of Egypt, - to gather stubble for straw:
Webster
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw.
World English Bible
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 5:12
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Context Readings
Further Oppression Of Israel
11 Go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work quotas won't be reduced at all.'" 12 So the people scattered throughout the entire land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw. 13 The taskmasters pressured them by saying, "Finish your work each day's quota just as when you were given straw."
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Exodus 15:7
In the greatness of your majesty you broke down your enemies. You sent forth your anger, it consumed them like stubble.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as flames of fire devour straw, as dry grass collapses in flames, so their root will be rotten, and their blossom will blow away like dust, because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 47:14
"See, they are just like stubble; fire burns them up. They could not even save themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals for warming oneself, no fire to sit by.
Joel 2:5
They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array.
Obadiah 1:18
"The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau will be kindling. Then Jacob and Joseph will burn and consume Esau, and no survivor will remain from the house of Esau." Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.
Nahum 1:10
Indeed, while tangled as by a thorn bush, while drunken as by a strong drink, the Ninevites will be burned like dry straw.
1 Corinthians 3:12
Whether a person builds on this foundation with gold, silver, expensive stones, wood, hay, or straw,