3And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.


In Context

1 And the children of Israel, and all the multitude came into the desert of Sin, in the first month: and the people abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the same place.

2 And the people wanting water, came together against Moses and Aaron:

3 And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.

4 Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die?

5 Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed, nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink?

Numbers 20:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:3They quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord !

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, |We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:3and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!