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The Waters of Marah

Exodus 15:24

In 11 translations

BSB
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
KJV
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
WEB
The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
ASV
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
LSV
And the people murmur against Moses, saying, “What do we drink?”
YLT
And the people murmur against Moses, saying, 'What do we drink?'
DBY
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
DRC
And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?
GNV
Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drinke?
JPS
And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'
LXXE
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּ הָעָ֛ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹ֖ר מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ διεγόγγυζεν ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ Μωυσῇ, λέγοντες, τί πιόμεθα;

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👤 Moses◆ Wilderness Wanderings

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 16:2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
  • Exodus 14:11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
  • Numbers 20:2–5Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! Why have you brought the…
  • Psalms 78:19–20They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  • Numbers 14:1–4Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in…
  • Numbers 11:1–6Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. And the…
  • Exodus 17:3–4But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I…
  • Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
  • Exodus 16:8–9And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  • Numbers 17:10The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
  • Numbers 16:11Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
  • Numbers 16:41The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
  • Philippians 2:14Do everything without complaining or arguing,
  • Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
  • Jude 1:16These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

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