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Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

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וְעַתָּה֙veatahand this timeעַתָּהconjunction, adverb — “and this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.לְכ֣וּlekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, 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,…עִבְד֔וּivdvkeep in bondageעָבַדverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “keep in bondage”, a commandH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…וְתֶ֖בֶןvetevenand chaffתֶּבֶןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and 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.לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִנָּתֵ֣ןyinatengiveנָתַןverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָכֶ֑םlakhemtoלָכֶ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toוְתֹ֥כֶןvetokhenand measureתֹּכֶןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and measure”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8506a fixed quantitymeasure, tale.לְבֵנִ֖יםlevenimbrickלְבֵנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “brick”, the ordinary formH3843a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)(altar of) brick, tile.תִּתֵּֽנּוּtitenvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

Young’s Literal Translation

and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'

World English Bible

Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”

Darby Translation

And now go — work! and straw shall not be given you, and ye shall deliver the measure of bricks.

Douay-Rheims

Go therefore, and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νῦν οὖν πορευθέντες, ἐργάζεσθε· τὸ γὰρ ἄχυρον οὐ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν, καὶ τὴν σύνταξιν τῆς πλινθείας ἀποδώσετε.