Numbers 20:3
King James Version (KJV)
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
In context
1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Numbers 20:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
- WEB World English Bible
- The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!