Read Full ChapterAnd they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
They said one to another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
World English Bible (WEB)
And they said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H7453}, Go to{H3051}{(H8798)}, let us make{H3835}{(H8799)} brick{H3843}, and burn{H8313}{(H8799)} them throughly{H8316}. And they had brick{H3843} for stone{H68}, and slime{H2564} had{H1961}{(H8804)} they for morter{H2563}.
Strong's King James
and they say each one to his neighbour, ‘Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:’ and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
Young's Literal Translation
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