Exodus 5:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 5:16 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 →
תֶּ֗בֶן
teben
H8401
stubble
אֵ֤ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
נִתָּן֙
nâthan
H5414
to give
לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
ʻebed
H5650
servant
וּלְבֵנִ֛ים
lᵉbênâh
H3843
brick
אֹמְרִ֥ים
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לָ֖נוּ
עֲשׂ֑וּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
וְהִנֵּ֧ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ
ʻebed
H5650
servant
מֻכִּ֖ים
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
וְחָטָ֥את
châṭâʼ
H2398
to sin
עַמֶּֽךָ
ʻam
H5971
people
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people."
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
No straw is being given to your servants. And they are saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten, but it is the sin of your people.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).