Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!In other versions
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
ASV
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!
BBE
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
DBY
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
WEB
and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
YLT
And the people find fault with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
ENG
And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
WBT
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
BSB
In context
1Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
4And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Moses