Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
International Standard Version
As the people argued with Moses, they told him, "We wish that we had died when our relatives died in the LORD's presence!
A Conservative Version
And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before LORD!
American Standard Version
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Amplified
The people contended with Moses, and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished [in the plague] before the Lord!
Bible in Basic English
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!
Darby Translation
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Julia Smith Translation
And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah!
King James 2000
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we died when our brothers were dying {before} Yahweh!
Modern King James verseion
And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, Oh that we had died when our brothers died before Jehovah!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, "Would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD.
NET Bible
The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!
New Heart English Bible
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And the people contended with Moses, - and spake saying, Would then we had died a when our brethren died, before Yahweh!
Webster
And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
World English Bible
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
Youngs Literal Translation
and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
Themes
Israel » Kings of judah » Murmurings of
Israel » Lack » Complaints » Meribah » Rock » Struck
moses » People complain against moses and aaron
Murmuring » Instances of » israelites
Murmuring » Of israelites against moses
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Murmuring against him
Interlinear
Luw'
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References
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 20:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Miriam Dies
2
There was no water for the community, so they assembled against Moses and Aaron.
3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 17:2
So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.”
“Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing
Numbers 16:31-35
Just as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split open.
Numbers 11:1
Now the people began complaining openly before
Numbers 16:49
But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who died because of the Korah incident.
Exodus 16:2-3
The entire Israelite community grumbled
Numbers 11:33-34
While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Lord’s anger burned
Numbers 14:1-2
Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.
Numbers 14:36-37
So the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and who returned and incited the entire community to complain about him by spreading a negative report about the land—
Job 3:10-11
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.
Lamentations 4:9
ט Tet
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.