Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.In other versions
And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, `your' daily tasks, as when there was straw.
ASV
And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.
BBE
And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
DBY
The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"
WEB
and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'
YLT
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
ENG
And the task-masters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
WBT
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
BSB
In context
11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?