Parallel Verses
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.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Oppression Of Israel
11 He says that you must go and get it for yourselves wherever you can find it. You must still make the same number of bricks. 12 So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13 The slave bosses were hard on them. They kept saying: Each day you have to make as many bricks as you did when you were given straw.
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Cross References
Exodus 15:7
In the greatness of your excellence you overthrow those who rose up against you. You sent your wrath and consumed them like stubble.
Isaiah 5:24
You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.
Isaiah 47:14
Surely they are like stubble. The fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone and no fire to sit by.
Joel 2:5
Like the noise of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains. It is like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble. They are a strong people set in battle array.
Obadiah 1:18
The house of Jacob will be a fire! The house of Joseph will be a flame! The house of Esau will be for stubble and they will burn among them, and devour them. There will be no survivors of the house of Esau: for Jehovah has spoken!
Nahum 1:10
Entangled like thorns and drunken from drink, they are consumed like dry stubble.
1 Corinthians 3:12
Now if any man builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and stubble;