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Exodus 5:13

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

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וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖יםvehanogesimand the distressנָגַשׂconjunction, definite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and the distress”, a verb used as a describing wordH5065to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannizedistress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or), [idiom] raiser of taxes, taskmaster.אָצִ֣יםatsimbe narrowאוּץverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be narrow”, a verb used as a describing wordH213to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw(make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.לֵאמֹ֑רlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…כַּלּ֤וּkalvceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “cease”, a commandH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙maaseykhembusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.דְּבַרdevarcauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a 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…י֣וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…בְּיוֹמ֔וֹbeyomvoin as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as 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,…בִּהְי֥וֹתbihyotin beהָיָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in be”, the to-form of the verbH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הַתֶּֽבֶןhateventhe chaffתֶּבֶןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.

Douay-Rheims

And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ δὲ ἐργοδιῶκται κατέσπευδον αὐτοὺς, λέγοντες, συντελεῖτε τὰ ἔργα τὰ καθήκοντα καθʼ ἡμέραν, καθάπερ καὶ ὅτε τὸ ἄχυρον ἐδίδοτο ὑμῖν.