当天，法老吩咐督工的和官长说：

当天，法老吩咐监工和工头说：

当天，法老吩咐监工和工头说：

当天，法老就对埃及监工和以色列人的工头下令：

就在那天，法老吩咐众民的督工和首领说：

當天，法老吩咐督工的和官長說：

當天，法老吩咐監工和工頭說：

當天，法老吩咐監工和工頭說：

當天，法老就對埃及監工和以色列人的工頭下令：

就在那天，法老吩咐眾民的督工和首領說：

就在那一天、法老就吩咐民間的督工和頭目說：

是日法老諭民之督工者、與其有司曰、

是時法老諭督役者、與族長曰、

當日法老諭督民之役者、及其諸有司曰、

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

That same day Pharaoh gave orders to the slave drivers and the overseers in charge of the people.

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen,

So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen:

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people,“ This is what Pharaoh says:‘ I will not give you any more straw. (niv)

The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told,“ You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.” (niv)

So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. (niv)

The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying,“ Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding,“ Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh:“ Why have you treated your servants this way? (niv)

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt. (niv)

So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you— as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials. (niv)

The Lord said,“ I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. (niv)

Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. (niv)

All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native- born were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel. (niv)

Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials. (niv)

The Lord said to Moses:“ Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. (niv)

The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel. (niv)

Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. (niv)