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Exodus 16:3

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And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

And the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} said {H559} unto them, Would to God {H4310}{H5414} we had died {H4191} by the hand {H3027} of the LORD {H3068} in the land {H776} of Egypt {H4714}, when we sat {H3427} by the flesh {H1320} pots {H5518}, and when we did eat {H398} bread {H3899} to the full {H7648}; for ye have brought us forth {H3318} into this wilderness {H4057}, to kill {H4191} this whole assembly {H6951} with hunger {H7458}.

The people of Isra'el said to them, "We wish ADONAI had used his own hand to kill us off in Egypt! There we used to sit around the pots with the meat boiling, and we had as much food as we wanted. But you have taken us out into this desert to let this whole assembly starve to death!"

“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 11:4 (8 votes)

    ¶ And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

  • Numbers 11:5 (8 votes)

    We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

  • Numbers 20:3 (6 votes)

    And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

  • Numbers 20:5 (6 votes)

    And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it [is] no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither [is] there any water to drink.

  • Exodus 17:3 (6 votes)

    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

  • Deuteronomy 28:67 (5 votes)

    In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

  • Lamentations 4:9 (5 votes)

    [They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.