Exodus 1:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 1:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְמָרְר֨וּ
mârar
H4843
to be bitter
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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חַיֵּיהֶ֜ם
chay
H2416
living
בַּעֲבֹדָ֣ה
ʻăbôdâh
H5656
service
קָשָׁ֗ה
qâsheh
H7186
hard
בְּחֹ֨מֶר֙
chômer
H2563
mortar
וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים
lᵉbênâh
H3843
brick
וּבְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
עֲבֹדָ֖ה
ʻăbôdâh
H5656
service
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
sâdeh
H7704
field
אֵ֚ת
ʼêth
H853
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כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם
ʻăbôdâh
H5656
service
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָבְד֥וּ
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
בָהֶ֖ם
בְּפָֽרֶךְ
perek
H6531
cruelty
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World English Bible Public Domain
and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
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King James Version Public Domain
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they embittered their lives by hard slavery, by mortar and by bricks, and by all kinds of slave labor in the fields; all their work with which they worked for them was with rigor.
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