Exodus 5:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֥פֶץ הָעָ֖ם בְּכָל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ קַ֖שׁ לַתֶּֽבֶן׃

Transliteration

And wayyāp̄eṣ the hāʿām in all bəḵāl-ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim ləqōšēš qaš for the latteḇen.

Grammar Details

• *wayyāp̄eṣ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and scattered
• *hā*: definite article - the
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
• *bə*: preposition - in
• *ḵāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *lə*: preposition - to, for
• *qōšēš*: poel infinitive construct - gather
• *qaš*: noun, masculine singular - stubble
• *la*: preposition with definite article - for the
• *teḇen*: noun, masculine singular - straw

Word Meanings

• *wayyāp̄eṣ*: and scattered, dispersed, spread out
• *ʿām*: people, nation, folk
• *ʾereṣ*: land, earth, territory
• *qōšēš*: to gather, collect, glean
• *qaš*: stubble, straw, chaff
• *teḇen*: straw, stubble, chaff

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So the people{H5971} were scattered abroad{H6327} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} to gather{H7197} stubble{H7179} for straw.{H8401}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So the people{H5971} were scattered abroad{H6327}{(H8686)} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} to gather{H7197}{(H8780)} stubble{H7179} instead of straw{H8401}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Than the people scatered abrode thorowe out all the lande of Egipte for to gather them stubyll to be in stead of strawe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then were the people scatred in all ye lande of Egipte, to gather stubble, that they might haue strawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so were the people scattered abrode throughout all ye land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:7 : 7 And in the greatness of your excellence you have overthrown those who rose against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them like stubble.
• Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 47:14 : 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall not be a coal to warm by, nor a fire to sit before.
• Joel 2:5 : 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains they shall leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people arrayed for battle.
• Obad 1:18 : 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken.
• Nah 1:10 : 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
• 1 Cor 3:12 : 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw;