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


In Context

1 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

2 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.

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

4 Why did you bring the Lord 's community into this desert, that we and our livestock should die here?

5 Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:3And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren 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!