Exodus 17:3
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And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
In other translations
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
Hebrew words
וַיִּצְמָאvaiyitzma'and it was thirstyH6770שָׁםshamthereH8033הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971לַמַּיִםlamayimfor <the> waterH4325וַיָּלֶןvaiyalenand it grumbledH3885הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971עַל־'al-onH5921מֹשֶׁהmoshehMosesH4872וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand it saidH559לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100זֶּהzehthisH2088הֶעֱלִיתָנוּhe'elitanudid you bring up usH5927מִמִּצְרַיִםmimitzrayimfrom EgyptH4714לְהָמִיתlehamitto put to deathH4191אֹתִי'oti<obj.> meH853וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853בָּנַיbanaichildren myH1121וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מִקְנַיmiknailivestock myH4735בַּצָּמָא׃batzama'by <the> thirstH6772
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Related verses
- Exodus 16:2-32 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.2 And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- Exodus 15:24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
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People and places
People: Moses
Places: Egypt