As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
Exodus 6:9 - Revised Standard Version Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moses told this to the Israelites, but they refused to listen to Moses because of their impatience and anguish of spirit and because of their cruel bondage. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Common English Bible Moses told this to the Israelites. But they didn’t listen to Moses, because of their complete exhaustion and their hard labor. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, Moses explained all these things to the sons of Israel, who did not agree with him, because of their anguish of spirit and very difficult work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses told all this to the children of Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for anguish of spirit, and most painful work. |
As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they made them serve with rigor.
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
In the course of those many days the king of Egypt died. And the people of Israel groaned under their bondage, and cried out for help, and their cry under bondage came up to God.
and they said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?
From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way.