Exodus 16:3

New American Bible - revised edition

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died at the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our kettles of meat and ate our fill of bread! But you have led us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of famine!” The Quail and the Manna.

Cross References

Job 3:1

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

Job 3:10

Because it did not keep shut the doors of the womb to shield my eyes from trouble!

Job 3:20

Why is light given to the toilers, life to the bitter in spirit?

Psalm 107:5

They were hungry and thirsty; their life was ebbing away.

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God, and said, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

Psalm 78:25

Man ate the bread of the angels; food he sent in abundance.

Exodus 14:11

To Moses they said, “Were there no burial places in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 17:3

Here, then, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “Why then did you bring us up out of Egypt? To have us die of thirst with our children and our livestock?”

Exodus 2:23

A long time passed, during which the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their bondage and cried out, and from their bondage their cry for help went up to God.

Exodus 5:21

and said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge! You have made us offensive to Pharaoh and his servants, putting a sword into their hands to kill us.” Renewal of God’s Promise.

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask, “Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of wastes and ravines, A land of drought and darkness, a land which no one crosses, where no one dwells?”

Jeremiah 42:14

and saying, “No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, nor hear the trumpet alarm, nor hunger for bread. There we will live!”

Jeremiah 44:17

Rather we will go on doing what we proposed; we will offer incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we have done, along with our ancestors, our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty to eat, we prospered, and we suffered no misfortune.

Lamentations 4:9

Better for those pierced by the sword than for those pierced by hunger, Better for those who bleed from wounds than for those who lack food.

Numbers 11:15

If this is the way you will deal with me, then please do me the favor of killing me at once, so that I need no longer face my distress.” The Seventy Elders.

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your very nostrils and becomes loathsome to you. For you have rejected the Lord who is in your midst, and in his presence you have cried, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 14:2

All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, the whole community saying to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt,” or “If only we would die here in the wilderness!

Numbers 14:3

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land only to have us fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones will be taken as spoil. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Numbers 16:13

Are you not satisfied that you have brought us here from a land flowing with milk and honey to have us perish in the wilderness, that now you must also lord it over us?

Numbers 21:5

so the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!”

Acts 26:29

Paul replied, “I would pray to God that sooner or later not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am except for these chains.”

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already satisfied; you have already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings with you.

2 Corinthians 11:1

If only you would put up with a little foolishness from me! Please put up with me.

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, “Would that it were evening!” and in the evening you will say, “Would that it were morning!” because of the dread that your heart must feel and the sight that your eyes must see.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your ancestors, so you might know that it is not by bread alone that people live, but by all that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.

Joshua 7:7

“Alas, Lord God,” Joshua prayed, “why did you ever allow this people to cross over the Jordan, delivering us into the power of the Amorites, that they might destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan.