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Exodus 14:12

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[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Is not this the word {H1697} that we did tell {H1696} thee in Egypt {H4714}, saying {H559}, Let us alone {H2308}, that we may serve {H5647} the Egyptians {H4714}? For it had been better {H2896} for us to serve {H5647} the Egyptians {H4714}, than that we should die {H4191} in the wilderness {H4057}.

Didn't we tell you in Egypt to let us alone, we'll just go on being slaves for the Egyptians? It would be better for us to be the Egyptians' slaves than to die in the desert!"

Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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Cross-References

  • Jonah 4:3 (5 votes)

    Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.

  • Exodus 6:9 (5 votes)

    And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

  • Exodus 3:9 (4 votes)

    Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Exodus 5:21 (4 votes)

    And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

  • Jonah 4:8 (4 votes)

    And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live.

  • Mark 1:24 (3 votes)

    Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

  • Mark 5:17 (3 votes)

    And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.