Numbers 20:3 - Tree of Life Version The people quarreled with Moses saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before Adonai! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord! [Num. 16:49.] American Standard Version (1901) And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah! Common English Bible Then the people confronted Moses and said to him, “If only we too had died when our brothers perished in the LORD’s presence! Catholic Public Domain Version And as it turned into sedition, they said: "If only we had perished among our brothers in the sight of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord. |
Then they spoke against God, saying, “Can God set a table in the wilderness?
So the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Adonai?”
Better are those slain by the sword than those struck down by famine— they waste away, racked with pain, for lack of fruits of the field.
The people were murmuring in the ears of Adonai about hardship, and when Adonai heard, His anger burned. The fire of Adonai blazed among them, ravaging the outskirts of the camp.
Why is Adonai bringing us to this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be like plunder! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”
However, there were 14,700 dead from the plague, besides those who died because of Korah.