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Exodus 5:11

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

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אַתֶּ֗םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.לְכ֨וּlekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…קְח֤וּqechvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “take”, a commandH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.לָכֶם֙lakhemtoלָכֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toתֶּ֔בֶןtevenchaffתֶּבֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “chaff”, the ordinary formH8401properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)chaff, straw, stubble.מֵאֲשֶׁ֖רmeasherfrom becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “from because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…תִּמְצָ֑אוּtimtsavcomeמָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “come”, an unfinished actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).נִגְרָ֛עnigraabateגָּרַעverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “abate”, a verb used as a describing wordH1639to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withholdabate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖םmeavodatkhemfrom workעֲבֹדָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “from work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5656work of any kindact, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.דָּבָֽרdavarcauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cause”, the ordinary formH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.

Young’s Literal Translation

ye — go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.'

World English Bible

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”

Darby Translation

go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.

Douay-Rheims

Go, and gather it where you can find it: neither shall any thing of your work be diminished.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς πορευόμενοι συλλέγετε ἑαυτοῖς ἄχυρα, ὅθεν ἐὰν εὕρητε· οὐ γὰρ ἀφαιρεῖται ἀπὸ τῆς συντάξεως ὑμῶν οὐθέν.