The Complaints of the People
Numbers 11:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- KJV
- ¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?fell…: Heb. lusted a lustwept…: Heb. returned and wept
- WEB
- The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?
- ASV
- And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- LSV
- And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, “Who gives us flesh?
- YLT
- And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, 'Who doth give us flesh?
- DBY
- And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
- DRC
- For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- GNV
- And a nomber of people that was amog them, fell a lusting, and turned away, and the children of Israel also wept, and saide, Who shall giue vs flesh to eate?
- JPS
- And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to eat!
- LXXE
- And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?Gr. lusted a lust.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהָֽאסַפְסֻף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ הִתְאַוּ֖וּ תַּאֲוָ֑ה וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַיִּבְכּ֗וּ גַּ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י יַאֲכִלֵ֖נוּ בָּשָֽׂר׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ὁ ἐπίμικτος ὁ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπεθύμησεν ἐπιθυμίαν· καὶ καθίσαντες ἔκλαιον καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ εἶπαν, τίς ἡμᾶς ψωμιεῖ κρέα;
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GluttonyMurmuringSeventy DisciplesMixed MultitudeCushite Woman; Ethiopian WomanLustTroubleMingled People; (Mixed Multitude)MannaWrath, (Anger)
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 10:6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
- Exodus 12:38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
- Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
- Psalms 78:18–20They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. They 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…
- Nehemiah 13:3As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
- Leviticus 24:10–11Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse.…
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
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