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Exodus 5:7

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

KJV

Nequaquam ultra dabitis paleas populo ad conficiendos lateres, sicut prius : sed ipsi vadant, et colligant stipulas.

Vulgate

Οὐκέτι προστεθήσεται διδόναι ἄχυρον τῷ λαῷ εἰς τὴν πλινθουργίαν καθάπερ ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν· αὐτοὶ πορευέσθωσαν καὶ συναγαγέτωσαν ἑαυτοῖς ἄχυρα.

LXX

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

ASV

לֹ֣א תֹאסִפ֞וּ/ן לָ/תֵ֨ת תֶּ֧בֶן לָ/עָ֛ם לִ/לְבֹּ֥ן הַ/לְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּ/תְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם הֵ֚ם יֵֽלְכ֔וּ וְ/קֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ לָ/הֶ֖ם תֶּֽבֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
לְבֵנִ֔ים
lbnym
noun · 11×
לְבֵּ֖ן
lbn
verb · 8×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת
mqshsht
verb · 8×
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם
shlshvm
noun · 25×
תְּמ֥וֹל
tmvl
adverb · 23×
תֶּֽבֶן
tbn
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 11:3 — And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
  • Ps 129:1 — Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: