Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Holman Bible
Why have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
International Standard Version
Why did you bring the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness? So we and our cattle could die here?
A Conservative Version
And why have ye brought the assembly of LORD into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
American Standard Version
And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
Amplified
Why have you brought up the assembly of the Lord into this wilderness to die here, we and our livestock?
Darby Translation
And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
Julia Smith Translation
And for what brought ye the gathering of Jehovah into this desert to die there, we and our cattle
King James 2000
And why have you brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh, us and our livestock, into this desert to die here?
Modern King James verseion
And why have you brought up the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, so that we and our cattle should die there?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD unto this wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die here?
NET Bible
Why have you brought up the Lord's community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here?
New Heart English Bible
Why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore then hast thou brought the convocation of Yahweh into this desert, - to die there, we, and our cattle?
Webster
And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
World English Bible
Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
Youngs Literal Translation
and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts?
Themes
Israel » Lack » Complaints » Meribah » Rock
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Murmuring » Of israelites against moses
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 20:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Miriam Dies
3 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! 4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there? 5 Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.
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Cross References
Exodus 17:3
And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
Exodus 5:21
And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.
Exodus 14:11-12
And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
Numbers 11:5
Sweet is the memory of the fish we had in Egypt for nothing, and the fruit and green plants of every sort, sharp and pleasing to the taste:
Numbers 16:13-14
Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
Numbers 16:41
But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.
Psalm 106:21
They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
Acts 7:35
This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.
Acts 7:39-40
By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,