Exodus 14:12
Exodus chapter 14 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Context
v.11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
v.12This passage
v.13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Mark 5:17
And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
- Exodus 5:21
and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
- Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
- Exodus 3:9
And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
- Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.