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Exodus 5:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 8 But you must still impose on them the same quota of bricks as they made in the past. Do not reduce it for them, for they are relaxing.* That is why they are crying out, ‘We want to go, we want to sacrifice to our God!’

Exodus 5:8

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 8 Moreover, the required amount of bricks that they were making formerly, YOU will further impose upon them. YOU must not make any reduction for them, because they are relaxing.+ That is why they are crying out, saying, ‘We want to go, we want to sacrifice to our God!’+

Exodus 5:8

The Bible in Living English
- 8 And set them the same rate of bricks they have been making, do not reduce it, because they are having it too easy and that is why they cry out ‘let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Exodus 5:8

American Standard Version
- 8 And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 5:8

The Emphasized Bible
- 8 Nevertheless, the fixed number of bricks, which they have been making heretofore, shall ye lay upon them, ye shall not diminish therefrom,—for idle they are, on this account it is that they are making an outcry, saying, We must go our way, we must sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 5:8

King James Version
- 8 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.