Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And on that day Pharaoh commanded the slave drivers over the people and his foremen, saying,
New American Standard Bible
So the same day Pharaoh commanded
King James Version
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Holman Bible
That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers
International Standard Version
That day Pharaoh ordered the taskmasters of the people and their officials,
A Conservative Version
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
American Standard Version
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Amplified
The very same day Pharaoh gave orders to the [Egyptian] taskmasters in charge of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen, saying,
Bible in Basic English
The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,
Darby Translation
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Julia Smith Translation
And Pharaoh will command in that day those urging on over the people, and their scribes, saying,
King James 2000
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Modern King James verseion
And Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers the same day, saying,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Pharaoh commanded the same day unto the taskmasters over the people and unto the officers, saying,
NET Bible
That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:
New Heart English Bible
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
The Emphasized Bible
So then Pharaoh gave command on that day, unto the taskmasters over the people and unto their overseers - saying:
Webster
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,
World English Bible
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Youngs Literal Translation
And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Oppression Of Israel
5 And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land [are] now many, and you want to stop them from their {forced labor}." 6 And on that day Pharaoh commanded the slave drivers over the people and his foremen, saying, 7 "You must no longer give straw to the people to make the bricks like {before}. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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Cross References
Exodus 5:10
And the slave drivers of the people and their foremen went out, and they spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I [am] not giving you straw.
Exodus 5:19
And the foremen of the {Israelites} saw they were in trouble {with the saying}, "You will not reduce from your bricks {for each day} on its day."
Exodus 1:11
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.
Exodus 5:13-15
And the slave drivers [were] insisting, saying, "Finish your work {for each day} on its day, as {when there was straw}."
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.
Numbers 11:16
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know [are] elders of the people and their officials; take them to the tent of assembly, and they will stand there with you.
Deuteronomy 1:15
And so I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and [then] I appointed them as leaders over you [as] commanders of [groups of] thousands and commanders of [groups of] hundreds and commanders of [groups of] fifties and commanders of [groups of] tens [as] officials for your tribes.
Deuteronomy 16:18
"You shall appoint judges and officials for you in all your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you throughout your tribes, and you shall render [for] the people {righteous judgments}.
Joshua 8:33
Then all Israel, {foreigner as well as native}, with the elders, officials, and judges stood {on either side} of the ark before the priests and the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. Half of them [stood] in front of Mount Gerizim, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses Yahweh's servant had commanded before to bless the people of Israel.
Joshua 24:1
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; he summoned the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officials, and they presented themselves before God.
Joshua 24:4
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down [to] Egypt.
2 Chronicles 26:11
And Uzziah had troops {trained and ready for war} in divisions according to the number of their enrollment at the hand of Jeuel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah of the king's commanders.
Proverbs 12:10
The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.