Exodus 5:8

Exodus 5:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

8But you shall impose on them the quota of bricks which they were making before; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, for that reason they cry 5:8 Lit out, saying,out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

8But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, therefore they cry out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

8But the number of bricks which they were making before, you shall [still] require of them; you are not to reduce it in the least. For they are idle and lazy; that is why they cry, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

8But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

8But require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don’t lower the number they have to make. They are lazy. That’s why they are crying out, ‘Let us go. We want to offer sacrifices to our God.’

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