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Exodus 1:14

WEB

14and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.

KJV

14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

BSB

14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

FBV

14making their lives a misery. They made them do hard labor, building with mortar and brick, and all kinds of heavy work in the fields. In all of this hard labor they treated them brutally.

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Extra References

Acts 7:19

19The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.


Numbers 20:15

15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.


Exodus 6:9

9Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.


Exodus 2:23

23In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.


Acts 7:34

34I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’


Isaiah 58:6

6“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?


Psalms 81:6

6I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.


Leviticus 25:43

43You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.


Exodus 20:2

2I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.


Deuteronomy 26:6

6The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.