Numbers 21:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ They began complaining against God and Moses. The people said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? We will die here in the desert! There is no bread! There is no water! And we hate this terrible food!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and we loathe this light (contemptible, unsubstantial) manna.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Common English Bible

⁵ The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us in the desert, where there is no food or water. And we detest this miserable bread!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And speaking against God and Moses, they said: "Why did you lead us away from Egypt, so as to die in the wilderness? Bread is lacking; there are no waters. Our soul is now nauseous over this very light food."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And speaking against God end Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

Numbers 21:5 Cross References

Psalm 68:6

God gives lonely people a home.\par God takes his people out of prison.\par They are very happy.\par But people who turn against God,\par will stay in their hot prison.\par

Psalm 78:19

They complained about God and said,\par “Can God give us food in the desert?\par

Exodus 14:11

They said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Why did you bring us out here in the desert to die? We could have died peacefully in Egypt—there were plenty of graves in Egypt.

Exodus 15:24

The people began complaining to Moses. The people said, “Now what will we drink?”

Exodus 16:15

The people of Israel saw it and asked each other, “What is that?” [105] They asked this question because they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “This is the food the Lord is giving you to eat.

Exodus 16:31

The people began calling the special food “manna. [109] ” The manna was like small white coriander seeds, and it tasted like thin cakes made with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

If you are not hungry, then you will not eat even honey. But if you are hungry, you will eat anything—even if it tastes bad.

Ezekiel 20:21

“‘But those children turned against me. They did not obey my laws. They did not keep my commands. They did not do the things I told them. \{And those are good laws.\} If a person obeys them, then he will live. They treated my special days of rest like they were not important. So I decided to destroy them completely in the desert, to let them feel the full force of my anger.

Numbers 11:20

You will eat that meat for a whole month. You will eat the meat until you are sick of it. This will happen to you because you complained against the Lord. The Lord lives among you and knows what you need. But you cried and complained to him! You said, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 16:41

The next day all the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. They said, “You killed the Lord’s people.”

Numbers 17:12

The people of Israel said to Moses, “We know that we will die! We are lost! We will all be destroyed!

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not test the Lord like some of those people did. They were killed by snakes \{because they tested the Lord\}.