Exodus 5:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 5:8 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 →
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת
mathkôneth
H4971
measurement
הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים
lᵉbênâh
H3843
brick
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֵם֩
hêm
H1992
they
עֹשִׂ֨ים
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
תְּמ֤וֹל
tᵉmôwl
H8543
formerly
שִׁלְשֹׁם֙
shilshôwm
H8032
heretofore
תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ
sûwm
H7760
to put
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִגְרְע֖וּ
gâraʻ
H1639
to diminish
מִמֶּ֑נּוּ
min
H4480
from
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
נִרְפִּ֣ים
râphâh
H7503
to relax
הֵ֔ם
hêm
H1992
they
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
כֵּ֗ן
kên
H3651
thus
הֵ֤ם
hêm
H1992
they
צֹֽעֲקִים֙
tsâʻaq
H6817
to cry out
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
נֵלְכָ֖ה
yâlak
H3212
to walk
נִזְבְּחָ֥ה
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
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World English Bible Public Domain
The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
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King James Version Public Domain
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But you shall put on them the quota of the bricks which they were making yesterday and the day before yesterday; do not diminish from it. For they are idle. Therefore they are crying, saying, ‘Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God.’
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