Parallel Verses
Amplified
The people contended with Moses, and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished [in the plague] before the Lord!
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Holman Bible
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.
International Standard Version
As the people argued with Moses, they told him, "We wish that we had died when our relatives died in the LORD's presence!
A Conservative Version
And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before LORD!
American Standard Version
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Bible in Basic English
And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
Darby Translation
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Julia Smith Translation
And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah!
King James 2000
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we died when our brothers were dying {before} Yahweh!
Modern King James verseion
And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, Oh that we had died when our brothers died before Jehovah!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, "Would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD.
NET Bible
The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!
New Heart English Bible
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And the people contended with Moses, - and spake saying, Would then we had died a when our brethren died, before Yahweh!
Webster
And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
World English Bible
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
Youngs Literal Translation
and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
Themes
Israel » Kings of judah » Murmurings of
Israel » Lack » Complaints » Meribah » Rock » Struck
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Murmuring » Of israelites against moses
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Murmuring against him
Interlinear
Luw'
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References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 20:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Miriam Dies
2
Now there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.
3 The people contended with Moses, and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished [in the plague] before the Lord!
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 17:2
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water so we may [have something to] drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you tempt the Lord and try His patience?”
Numbers 16:31-35
As soon as Moses finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split open;
Numbers 11:1
Now the people became like those who complain and whine about their hardships, and the Lord heard it; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and devoured those in the outlying parts of the camp.
Numbers 16:49
But those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died because of Korah.
Exodus 16:2-3
The whole congregation of the Israelites [grew discontented and] murmured and rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,
Numbers 11:33-34
While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague.
Numbers 14:1-2
Then all the congregation [of Israel] raised their voices and cried out, and the people wept that night.
Numbers 14:36-37
As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation murmur and complain against him by bringing back a bad report concerning the land,
Job 3:10-11
Because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide trouble from my eyes.
Lamentations 4:9
Those killed with the sword
Are more fortunate than those killed with hunger;
For the hungry pine and ebb away,
For the lack of the fruits of the field.