Parallel Verses
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.
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.
International Standard Version
So the people scattered throughout the entire land of Egypt to collect 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.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Oppression Of Israel
11 but go yourselves and gather you straw where ye can find it, yet shall none of your labour be minished.'" 12 Then the people scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt for to gather them stubble to be instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them forward, saying, "Fulfill your work day by day, even as when straw was given you."
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Exodus 15:7
And with thy great glory thou hast destroyed thine adversaries! Thou sentest forth thy wrath and it consumed them, even as stubble.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore like as fire licketh up the straw, and as the flame consumeth the stubble: Even so - when their root is full - their blossom shall vanish away like dust or smoke. For they have cast away the law of the LORD of Hosts, and blaspheme the word of the holy maker of Israel.
Isaiah 47:14
Behold, they shall be like straw, which if it be kindled with fire, no man may rid it for the vehemence of the flame: And yet it giveth no cinders to warm a man by, nor clear fire to sit by.
Joel 2:5
They skipped up upon the hills, as it were the sound of chariots; as the flame of fire that consumeth the straw, and as a mighty people ready to the battle.
Obadiah 1:18
Moreover, the house of Jacob shall be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau the straw: which they shall kindle and consume, so that nothing shall be left of the house of Esau, for the LORD himself hath said it.
Nahum 1:10
For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.
1 Corinthians 3:12
If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble: