Exodus 5:13

Exodus 5:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
• New International Version (NIV)The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The taskmasters were urgent, saying, "Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”

Context of Exodus 5:13

11Go get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’” 12So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” 14Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?” 15So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Exodus 5:13 word by word

וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּהְי֥וֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the taskmastersנָגַשׂnâgaώ · to oppressH5065
• hastedאוּץ'ûts · to hastenH213
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Fulfilכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• your worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• dailyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• tasksדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• as when there wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• strawתֶּ֫בֶןteben · strawH8401

Commentaries on Exodus 5:13

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-23Verses 10-23 The Egyptian task-masters were very severe. See what need we have to pray that we may be delivered from wicked men. The head-workmen justly complained to Pharaoh: but he taunted them. The malice of Satan has often represented the service and worship of God, as fit employment only for those who have nothing else to do, and the business only of the idle; whereas, it is the duty of those who are most busy in the world. Those who are diligent in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-14Pharaoh increased the workload to punish their disobedience. He thought they had too much free time (5:8). He could not imagine a god revealing himself outside the royal worship system. He believed they invented their unusual religious ideas instead of working (see also 5:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1913-19. And the taskmasters hasted them ... officers ... beaten--As the nearest fields were bared and the people had to go farther for stubble, it was impossible for them to meet the demand by the usual tale of bricks. "The beating of the officers is just what might have been expected from an Eastern tyrant, especially in the valley of the Nile, as it appears from the monuments, that ancient Egypt, like modern China, was principally governed by the stick"…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 5:13

• Brick
• Cruelty
• Servant
• Taskmasters

In the dictionaries

• Cover
• Demand
• Straw
• Tale
• Task
• Brick
• Daily
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Haste

Commentaries on Exodus 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings