Exodus 5:14-16

New International Version - UK

¹⁴ 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?’

¹⁵ Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: ‘Why have you treated your servants this way? ¹⁶ Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, “Make bricks!” Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.’