Exodus 5:16
Exodus 5:15-16 The Message (MSG)
The Israelite foremen came to Pharaoh and cried out for relief: “Why are you treating your servants like this? Nobody gives us any straw and they tell us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look at us—we’re being beaten. And it’s not our fault.”
Exodus 5:16 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Exodus 5:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.”
Exodus 5:16 New Century Version (NCV)
You give us no straw, but we are commanded to make bricks. Our slave masters beat us, but it is your own people’s fault.”
Exodus 5:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Exodus 5:16 New International Version (NIV)
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.”
Exodus 5:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”
Exodus 5:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And look, your servants are being beaten, but it is the fault of your own people.”