The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger! ’
Numbers 11:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt and without cost, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. American Standard Version (1901) We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: Common English Bible We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for free, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. Catholic Public Domain Version We remember the fish that we ate freely in Egypt; we call to mind the cucumbers, and melons, and leeks, and onions, and garlic. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free cost. The cucumbers come into our mind, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. |
The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger! ’
Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
and if you say, “No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,”
but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.’
All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, ‘If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.