Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and if thus Thou art doing to me -- slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Holman Bible
If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now.
International Standard Version
If this is how you treat me, please kill me right now, if I've found favor in your eyes, because I don't want to keep staring at all of this misery!"
A Conservative Version
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.
American Standard Version
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Amplified
So if this is the way You are going to deal with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”
Bible in Basic English
If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
Darby Translation
And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
Julia Smith Translation
And if so thou doest to me, killing, kill me now, if I found grace in thine eyes; and I shall not look upon my evil
King James 2000
And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If this is how you [are] going to treat me, please kill me immediately if I find favor in your eyes, and do not let me see my misery."
Modern King James verseion
And if You are going to part this way with me, I beg You to kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and let me not see my misery.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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."
NET Bible
But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble."
New Heart English Bible
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and do not let me see my wretchedness."
The Emphasized Bible
But if, in this way, thou art going to deal with me, slay me, I beseech thee, slay, if I have found favour in thine eyes, - and let me not see my grief,
Webster
And if thou dealest thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
World English Bible
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
Themes
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » moses
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
journey of israel through the Desert » To kibroth-hattaavah » Flesh promised
Despair » Leads men to desire death
Despondency » Instances of » moses » People » Craving » Meat
Manna » The israelites » Punished for despising
moses » Character of » Impatience of
moses » Character of » Complainings of
Murmuring » Instances of » moses
Prayer » Private, of Christ » Unwise prayers, examples of
Prayer » Answered » Complaints » israelites » Meat
Presumption » Instances of » Moses, in rebuking jehovah
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 11:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Complaints About Food
14 I am not able -- I alone -- to bear all this people, for it is too heavy for me; 15 and if thus Thou art doing to me -- slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.' 16 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou hast known that they are elders of the people, and its authorities; and thou hast taken them unto the tent of meeting, and they have stationed themselves there with thee,
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4
and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, 'Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers.'
Jonah 4:3
And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better is my death than my life.'
Exodus 32:32
and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'
Job 3:20-22
Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
Job 6:8-10
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
Job 7:15
And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why is this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!
Jonah 4:8-9
And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better is my death than my life.'
Zephaniah 3:15
Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments, He hath faced thine enemy, The king of Israel, Jehovah, is in thy midst, Thou seest evil no more.
Philippians 1:20-24
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,
James 1:4
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;