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Exodus 5:18

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5:18So now, get back to work!45 You will not be given straw, but you must still produce46 your quota47 of bricks!”

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  1. 45 The text has two imperatives: “go, work.” They may be used together to convey one complex idea (so a use of hendiadys): “go back to work.”
  2. 46 The imperfect תִּתֵּנּוּ (tittennu) is here taken as an obligatory imperfect: “you must give” or “you must produce.”
  3. 47 B. Jacob is amazed at the wealth of this tyrant’s vocabulary in describing the work of others. Here, תֹכֶן (tokhen) is another word for “quota” of bricks, the fifth word used to describe their duty (Exodus, 137).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Now get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still produce the full quota of bricks.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And now go, work, but straw will not be given to you, and you must give the full quota of bricks.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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