Exodus 5:15
Good News Translation
Then the foremen went to the king and complained, "Why do you do this to us, Your Majesty?

New Revised Standard Version
Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried, “Why do you treat your servants like this?

Contemporary English Version
Finally, the men in charge of the slaves went to the king and said, "Why are you treating us like this?

New American Bible
Then the Israelite foremen came and cried out to Pharaoh: “Why do you treat your servants in this manner?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

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And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

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Context
The Cry of the Israelites
15And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?16Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.…
Cross References
Exodus 5:14
And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and to day, as before?

Exodus 5:16
Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.

Exodus 5:14
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