Exodus 5:16

English Standard Version

16 No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” 

New International Version

16 Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, “Make bricks!” Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.’ 

New International Reader’s Version

16 You didn’t give us any straw. But you told us, “Make bricks!” We are being whipped. But it’s the fault of your own people.’ 

King James Version

16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 

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