Now get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still produce the full quota of bricks.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
- KJV Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
- BSB Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
- NKJV Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”
- NASB So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, but you must deliver the quota of bricks.”
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Quick answer
Pharaoh commands them back to work with no straw yet the same quota. His final word is unyielding cruelty.
Overview
Pharaoh ends the audience by reaffirming the impossible demand: no straw, full output. His obstinacy leaves the people crushed and without recourse from human authority. This hardness, while painful, advances God's purpose, for it leaves Israel with nowhere to turn but the LORD who has promised to deliver them.
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- Ezek 18:18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
- Dan 2:9–13But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.
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