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Exodus 17:3

Exodus chapter 17 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

Context

v.2Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

v.3This passage

v.4And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 16:2

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:

  • Exodus 15:24

    And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?