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Exodus 17:3

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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?

And the people {H5971} thirsted {H6770} there for water {H4325}; and the people {H5971} murmured {H3885} against Moses {H4872}, and said {H559}, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought {H5927} us up out of Egypt {H4714}, to kill {H4191} us and our children {H1121} and our cattle {H4735} with thirst {H6772}?

However, the people were thirsty for water there and grumbled against Moshe, "For what did you bring us up from Egypt? To kill us, our children and our livestock with thirst?"

But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

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

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 16:2 (6 votes)

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

  • Exodus 16:3 (6 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 15:24 (3 votes)

    And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?