But the people thirsted there for water; and [a]they (A)grumbled against Moses and said, “Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill [b]us and [c]our children and [d](B)our livestock with thirst?”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 17:3 Lit the people
  2. Exodus 17:3 Lit me
  3. Exodus 17:3 Lit my
  4. Exodus 17:3 Lit my

All the sons of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “(B)Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, (C)to fall by the sword? (D)Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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(A)The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “(B)If only we had perished (C)when our brothers perished before the Lord!

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Better are those [a](A)slain with the sword
Than those [b]slain with hunger;
For they [c](B)pine away, being stricken
For lack of the fruits of [d]the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced
  2. Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced
  3. Lamentations 4:9 Lit flow away
  4. Lamentations 4:9 Lit my fields