Exodus 5:16
King James VersionSource notes
“There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants beaten; but the fault in thine own people.”
Context
13And the taskmasters hasted saying, Fulfil your works, daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants beaten; but the fault in thine own people.
17But he said, Ye idle, idle: therefore ye say, Let us go do sacrifice to the LORD.
18Go therefore now, work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19And the officers of the children of Israel did see they in evil after it was said, Ye shall not minish from your bricks of your daily task.