Numbers 20:3
What does Numbers 20:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 20:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 17:2
Wherefore 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?
- Numbers 16:49
Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
- Numbers 11:33
While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.
- Exodus 16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:
- Lamentations 4:9
They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
- Numbers 11:1
And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
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