Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And all the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and all the community said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert!
New American Standard Bible
All the sons of Israel
King James Version
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Holman Bible
All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron,
International Standard Version
All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, "We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness.
A Conservative Version
And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness!
American Standard Version
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Amplified
All the Israelites murmured [in discontent] against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!
Bible in Basic English
And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!
Darby Translation
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died!
Julia Smith Translation
And all the children of Israel will murmur against Moses, and against Aaron; and all the assembly will say to them, Would we died in the land of Egypt! or in this desert would that we died!
King James 2000
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Modern King James verseion
And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or, Oh that we had died in the wilderness!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And the whole congregation said unto them, "Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, either we would that we had died in this wilderness.
NET Bible
And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness!
New Heart English Bible
All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt. or would that we had died in this wilderness.
The Emphasized Bible
And all the sons of Israel, murmured against Moses and against Aaron, - and all the assembly said unto them - Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt, Or in this wilderness, oh that we had died!
Webster
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, O that we had died in the land of Egypt! or O that we had died in this wilderness!
World English Bible
All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Youngs Literal Translation
and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, 'O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!
Themes
Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » In fearing to attempt the conquest of canaan
Disobedience to God » Instances of » In refusing to enter the promised land
Government » Mosaic » Refused to make conquest of canaan
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Trouble » Instances of » When the spies brought their adverse report
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 14:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Complain
1 Then all the community {lifted up their voices}, and the people wept during that night. 2 And all the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and all the community said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert! 3 Why did Yahweh bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little children will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return [to] Egypt?"
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 15:24
And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
Exodus 17:3
And the people thirsted for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, "Why {ever} did you bring us up from Egypt to kill me and my sons and my cattle with thirst?"
Numbers 16:41
The next day all the community of the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of Yahweh!"
Exodus 16:2-3
And all the community of the {Israelites} grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the desert.
Numbers 11:1
And it happened, the people were like those who {complain of hardship} {in the hearing} of Yahweh, and Yahweh {became angry}, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and it consumed the edge of the camp.
Numbers 11:15
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."
Numbers 14:27-29
"How long [will I bear] this evil community who are grumbling against me? I have heard the grumbling of the {Israelites} which {they are making} against me.
Deuteronomy 1:27
And you grumbled in your tents, and you said, 'Because of the hatred of Yahweh [toward] us he has brought us out from the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.
1 Kings 19:4
Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."
Job 3:11
"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?
Job 7:15-16
So my inner self will choose strangling-- death more than my {existence}.
Psalm 106:24
Then they refused the desirable land; they did not believe his word,
Psalm 106:45
And he remembered his covenant with them, and relented based on the abundance of his loyal love.
Jonah 4:3
And so then, Yahweh, please take my life from me, because [for] me death [is] better than life!"
Jonah 4:8
{And when the sun rose}, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he grew faint. {And he asked that he could die} and said, "My death [is] better than my life!"
1 Corinthians 10:10
nor grumble, just as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
Philippians 2:14-15
Do all [things] without grumbling and disputing,
Jude 1:16
These [people] are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous [words], {showing partiality to gain an advantage}.