3They quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord !
3They quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord !
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!"
20:3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
20:3And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.
20:3And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
20:3And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
20:3And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
20:3And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
20:3The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, |We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
20:3and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
20:3And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!