Exodus 5:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you each day, just as when you had straw."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּהְי֥וֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן׃

Transliteration

And the wəhannōḡəśîm ʾāṣîm lēʾmōr: kallû your maʿăśêḵem dəḇar-yôm in its bəyômô, as kaʾăšer when there was the bihyôṯ hatteḇen.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ha*: definite article - the
• *nōḡəśîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - taskmasters
• *ʾāṣîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - pressing, urging
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *kallû*: piel imperative, masculine plural - complete!
• *maʿăśêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your works
• *dəḇar*: noun, masculine singular construct - matter of
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *bə*: preposition - in
• *yômô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its day
• *ka*: preposition - as, like
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - when
• *bi*: preposition - in, when
• *hyôṯ*: qal infinitive construct - being
• *teḇen*: noun, masculine singular - straw

Word Meanings

• *nōḡəśîm*: taskmasters, oppressors, overseers
• *ʾāṣîm*: pressing, urging, hurrying
• *lēʾmōr*: saying, declaring
• *kallû*: complete!, fulfill!, finish!
• *maʿăśêḵem*: your works, tasks, labors
• *dəḇar*: matter, thing, quota
• *yôm*: day, time, period
• *yômô*: its day, its appointed time
• *hyôṯ*: being, existing, presence
• *teḇen*: straw, stubble, chaff

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your work, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the taskmasters{H5065} were urgent,{H213} saying,{H559} Fulfil{H3615} your works,{H4639} [your] daily{H3117} tasks,{H1697} as when there was{H1961} straw.{H8401}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the taskmasters{H5065}{(H8802)} hasted{H213}{(H8801)} them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Fulfil{H3615}{(H8761)} your works{H4639}, your daily{H3117} tasks{H1697}, as when there was{H1961}{(H8800)} straw{H8401}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the taskemasters hastied the forward sayng: fulfill youre werke daye by daye, eue as when strawe was geuen you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the workmasters haistied them forwarde, & sayde: Fulfill yor daye worke, like as whan ye had strawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the taskemaisters hasted them forwarde, saying: fulfyll your worke, your dayly taskes in their due tyme, as if you had strawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, `your' daily tasks, as when there was straw.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The slave masters were pressuring them, saying,“Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”