Exodus 16:3

Easy To Read Version

The people said, “It would have been better if the Lord had just killed us in the land of Egypt. At least there we had plenty to eat. We had all the food we needed. But now you have brought us out here into this desert. So he can make us die from hunger.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:33

{Then the king knew Absalom was dead}. The king was very upset. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. He kept crying again and again as he walked to that room. He was saying, “O my son Absalom, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you. O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Job 3:1

Then Job opened his mouth and cursed {\cf2\super [8]} the day he was born.

Job 3:10

Why? Because that night didn’t stop me\par from being born.\par That night didn’t stop me\par from seeing these troubles.\par

Job 3:20

“Why must a suffering person\par continue to live?\par Why give life to a person\par whose soul is bitter?\par

Psalm 107:5

They were hungry and thirsty\par and growing weak.\par

Psalm 78:19

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

Psalm 78:25

People ate the food of angels.\par God sent plenty of food to satisfy them.\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 17:3

But the people were very thirsty for water. So they continued complaining to Moses. The people said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Did you bring us out here so that we, our children, and our cattle will all die without water?”

Exodus 2:23

A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the people of Israel were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them.

Exodus 5:21

So they said to Moses and Aaron, “You really made a mistake when you told Pharaoh to let us go. May the Lord punish you because you caused Pharaoh and his rulers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors did not say,\par ‘The Lord brought us from Egypt.\par The Lord led us through the desert.\par The Lord led us through a dry\par and rocky land.\par The Lord led us through a dark\par and dangerous land.\par No people live there.\par People don’t even travel through\par that land.\par But the Lord led us through that land.\par So where is the Lord now?’\par

Jeremiah 42:14

And you might say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt. We will not be bothered with war in that place. We will not hear the trumpets of war. And in Egypt we will not be hungry.’

Jeremiah 44:17

We promised to make sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven. {\cf2\super [357]} And we will do everything we promised. We will offer sacrifices and pour out drink offerings in worship to her. We did that in the past. And our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did that in the past. All of us did those things in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At the time we worshiped the Queen of Heaven, we had plenty of food. We were successful. Nothing bad happened to us.

Lamentations 4:9

The people that were killed by the sword\par had it better than\par the people that were killed by famine.\par The starving people were very sad.\par They were hurt.\par They died because they got no food\par from the field.\par

Numbers 11:15

If you plan to continue giving me their troubles, then kill me now. If you accept me as your servant, then let me die now. Then I will be finished with all my troubles!”

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 14:2

The people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. All the people came together and said to Moses and Aaron, “We should have died in Egypt or in the desert. {That would have been better than being killed in this new land.}

Numbers 14:3

Did the Lord bring us to this new land to be killed in war? The enemy will kill us and take our wives and children! It would be better for us to go back to Egypt.”

Numbers 16:13

You have brought us out of a land filled with many good things. [202] You brought us to the desert to kill us. And now you want to show that you have even more power over us.

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 21:5

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!”

Acts 26:29

Paul said, “It is not important if it is easy or if it is hard; I pray to God that not only you but every person listening to me today could \{be saved and\} be like me—except for these chains I have!”

1 Corinthians 4:8

\{You think\} you have everything you need. \{You think\} you are rich. \{You think\} you have become kings without us. I wish you really were kings! Then we could be kings together with you.

2 Corinthians 11:1

I wish you would be patient with me even when I am a little foolish. But you are already patient with me.

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ In the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’ Why? Because of the fear that will be in your heart, and because of the bad things you will see.

Deuteronomy 8:3

The Lord humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna [49] —something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors [50] had never seen. Why did the Lord do these things? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread that keeps people alive. People’s lives depend on what the Lord says.

Joshua 7:7

Joshua said, “Lord my Master! You brought our people across the Jordan River. Why did you bring us this far and then allow the Amorite people to destroy us? We should have been satisfied and stayed on the other side of the Jordan River!