Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Moses said unto the LORD, "Wherefore dealest thou so cruelly with thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour in thy sight, seeing that thou puttest the weight of this people upon me?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Holman Bible
So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people?
International Standard Version
so he asked the LORD, "Why did you bring all this trouble to your servant? Why haven't I found favor in your eyes? After all, you're putting the burden of this entire people on me!
A Conservative Version
And Moses said to LORD, Why have thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou lay the burden of all this people upon me?
American Standard Version
And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Amplified
So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have placed the burden of all these people on me?
Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
Darby Translation
And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Julia Smith Translation
And Moses will say to Jehovah, For what hest thou done evil to thy servant? and for what did I not find grace in thine eyes, to put the debt of all this people upon me?
King James 2000
And Moses said unto the LORD, Why have you afflicted your servant? and why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people upon me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Moses said to Yahweh, "Why have you brought trouble to your servant? Why have I not found favor in your eyes, that the burdens of all these people have been placed on me?
Modern King James verseion
And Moses said to Jehovah, Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, so that You lay the burden of all this people upon me?
NET Bible
And Moses said to the Lord, "Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?
New Heart English Bible
Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
The Emphasized Bible
And Moses said unto Yahweh - Wherefore hast thou let thy servant come to grief, and wherefore have I not found favour in thine eyes, - that thou shouldest lay the burden of all this people upon me.
Webster
And Moses said to the LORD, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? and why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
World English Bible
Moses said to Yahweh, "Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'Why hast Thou done evil to Thy servant? and why have I not found grace in Thine eyes -- to put the burden of all this people upon me?
Themes
journey of israel through the Desert » To kibroth-hattaavah » Flesh promised
Manna » The israelites » Punished for despising
moses » Character of » Impatience of
moses » Character of » Complainings of
Murmuring » Instances of » moses
Prayer » Answered » Complaints » israelites » Meat
Interlinear
Ra`a`
`ebed
Matsa'
`ayin
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 11:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Complaints About Food
10 And when Moses heard the people weep in their households every man in the door of his tent, then the wrath of the LORD waxed hot exceedingly: and it grieved Moses also. 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, "Wherefore dealest thou so cruelly with thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour in thy sight, seeing that thou puttest the weight of this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people, or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, 'Carry them in thy bosom, as a nurse beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?'
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:12
'How,' said I, 'can I myself alone bear the cumbrance, charge, and strife that is among you?
Exodus 5:22
Moses returned unto the LORD and said, "LORD wherefore dealest thou cruelly with this people: and wherefore hast thou sent me?
Exodus 17:4
And Moses cried unto the LORD saying, "What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me!"
Numbers 11:15
Wherefore, if thou deal thus with me; kill me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thy sight: and let me not see my wretchedness."
Job 10:2
and will say unto God: O do not condemn me; but show me the cause, wherefore thou contendest so with me.
Psalm 130:3
If thou, LORD wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O LORD who may abide it?
Psalm 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Jeremiah 15:10
O mother, alas that ever thou didst bear me, an enemy and hated of the whole land: Though I never lent nor received upon usury, yet all men speak evil upon me.
Jeremiah 15:18
Shall my heaviness endure forever? Are my plagues then so great, that they may never be healed? Wilt thou be as a water that faileth, and cannot continue?"
Jeremiah 20:7-9
O LORD, thou makest me weak, but thou refreshest me, and makest me strong again. All the day long am I despised, and laughed to scorn of every man:
Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed be the day wherein I was born! Unhappy be the day, wherein my mother brought me forth!
Lamentations 3:22-23
{Khet} Namely, that the mercies of the LORD are not clean gone, and that his loving-kindness ceaseth not.
Lamentations 3:39-40
Wherefore then murmureth the living man, let him murmur at his own sin.
Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, 'It is but lost labour, to serve God: What profit have we for keeping his commandments, and for walking humbly before the LORD of Hosts?
2 Corinthians 11:28
And beside the things which outwardly happen unto me, I am cumbered daily and do care for all congregations.