Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! New Living Translation Their voices rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they complained. English Standard Version And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Berean Standard Bible All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! King James Bible And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! New King James Version And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! New American Standard Bible And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or even if we had died in this wilderness! NASB 1995 All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! NASB 1977 And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Legacy Standard Bible And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Amplified Bible All the Israelites murmured [in discontent] against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness! Christian Standard Bible 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! Holman Christian Standard Bible 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! American Standard Version And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all of the children of Israel complained against Moshe and against Ahron, and the whole assembly said to them: “Oh, that we had died in the land of Egypt or in this wilderness! Oh that we were dead! Brenton Septuagint Translation And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them, Contemporary English Version and complained to Moses and Aaron, "We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert! Douay-Rheims Bible And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: English Revised Version And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! GOD'S WORD® Translation They complained to Moses and Aaron, "If only we had died in Egypt or this desert! Good News Translation They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, "It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness! International Standard Version All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, "We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness. JPS Tanakh 1917 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: 'Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would we had died in this wilderness! Literal Standard Version and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron, and all the congregation says to them, “O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died! Majority Standard Bible All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! New American Bible 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! NET Bible And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness! New Revised Standard Version And all the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! New Heart English Bible All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness. Webster's Bible Translation And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, O that we had died in the land of Egypt! or O that we had died in this wilderness! World English Bible All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness! Young's Literal Translation and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, 'O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died! Additional Translations ... Context The People Rebel1Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. 2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”… Cross References Hebrews 3:16 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? Exodus 16:3 "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!" Numbers 11:1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. Numbers 14:1 Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. Numbers 14:22 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness--yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times-- Numbers 14:28 So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. Treasury of Scripture And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! murmured Numbers 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. Exodus 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? Exodus 16:2,3 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: … would Numbers 14:28,29 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: … Numbers 11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. 1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. Jump to Previous Aaron Assembly Children Company Congregation Crying Death Desert Died Egypt Israel Israelites Waste Whole WildernessJump to Next Aaron Assembly Children Company Congregation Crying Death Desert Died Egypt Israel Israelites Waste Whole WildernessNumbers 14 1. The people murmur at the news6. Joshua and Caleb labor to still them 11. God threatens them 13. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains pardon 26. The Murmurers are debarred from entering into the land 36. The men who raised the evil report die by a plague 40. The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten XIV. (2) And all the children of Israel murmured.--When the people murmured in like manner in the wilderness of Sin (Exodus 16:2-3) against Moses and Aaron because they had brought them forth into the wilderness, Moses assured them that at even they should know that it was Jehovah Himself who had brought them out from the land of Egypt (Ibid, Numbers 14:6). On the present occasion their murmuring was not against Moses and Aaron only, but they openly rebelled against Jehovah Himself, to whom they ascribed, in the way of reproach, their exodus from the land of Egypt. Verse 2. - Murmured against Moses and against Aaron; whom they probably suspected and accused of seeking their own personal ends. Here we may see the true reason why Joshua had not been put forward to advocate an immediate advance. The Septuagint has διεγόγγυζον (cf. 1 Corinthians 10:10). Would God we had died. לוּ־מָתְנוּ. Septuagint, ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν. The A.V. is unnecessarily strong.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Allכֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son grumbled וַיִּלֹּ֙נוּ֙ (way·yil·lō·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and Aaron, אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses and the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every congregation הָעֵדָ֗ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5712: A stated assemblage said וַֽיֹּאמְר֨וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to them, אֲלֵהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to “If only לוּ־ (lū-) Preposition Strong's 3863: If, would that! we had died מַ֙תְנוּ֙ (maṯ·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Egypt, מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa or א֛וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if if only לוּ־ (lū-) Preposition Strong's 3863: If, would that! we had died מָֽתְנוּ׃ (mā·ṯə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill in this הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that wilderness! בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech Links Numbers 14:2 NIVNumbers 14:2 NLT Numbers 14:2 ESV Numbers 14:2 NASB Numbers 14:2 KJV Numbers 14:2 BibleApps.com Numbers 14:2 Biblia Paralela Numbers 14:2 Chinese Bible Numbers 14:2 French Bible Numbers 14:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 14:2 All the children of Israel murmured against (Nu Num.) |