Exodus 5:13–14
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
And the taske-masters hasted them, saying; Fulfill your workes, your †dayly taskes, as when there was straw.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. a matter of a day in his day.
And 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?
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske, in making bricke, both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
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- Isaiah 10:24Rank 1 from verse 14
24¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
24¶ ‖†Therfore thus saith the LORD God of hostes, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraide of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift vp his staffe against thee, after the maner of Egypt.
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Exodus 5:13
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taskmasters
Overseers who impose, assign, and exact labor or tasks.
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1. Moved or acted quickly or without delay. 2. Urged or caused another to hurry.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To fill up, complete, accomplish, perform, satisfy, carry out, bring to the appointed end, or cause a word, promise, prophecy, desire, duty, time, measure, or work to come fully to pass.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.
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Assigned amounts of labor or work required to be performed.
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Sense 1: The dry stalks of grain, used for fodder or brickmaking. Sense 2: Figuratively, something weak, insubstantial, or easily trampled.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Exodus 5:14
Persons entrusted with an office, charge, authority, or oversight.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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taskmasters
Overseers who impose, assign, and exact labor or tasks.
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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
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Called for; claimed; challenged as due; requested; required; interrogated.
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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Filled up, completed, accomplished, performed, satisfied, expired, or brought fully to the appointed result, measure, time, or realization.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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A required amount of work.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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A block of chiefly clay earth, formed, dried, and burned for building.
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The day immediately before the present day; by extension, former time just past.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
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COMBINED MEANING
heretofore
Times before the present; formerly.
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12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
12So the people were scattered abroad throughout al the land of Egypt, to gather stubble in stead of straw.
13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
13And the taske-masters hasted them, saying; Fulfill your workes, your †dayly taskes, as when there was straw.
Selected passage14And 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?
14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske, in making bricke, both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
Selected passage15¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
15¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?