Verse List for EXO 16:3

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OET (OET-RV) saying, “If only Yahweh had killed us in Egypt, where we’d be sitting by a pot of meat eating bread until we’re full, because you’ve brought us out into this wilderness to starve us all to death.”

OET-LV And_they _said to_them the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who will _he _give died_we by_the _hand _of YHWH in_land of _Miʦrayim when_sat_we at the _pot _of the _meat when_ate_we food to_abundance if/because you(pl)_have _brought _out us into the_wilderness the_this to_put _to _death DOM all _of the_assembly the_this by_hunger.

ULT And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, sitting by a pot of meat, eating bread to the full. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

UST They said to them, “We wish that Yahweh had killed us in Egypt! There we had meat to cook and all the bread that we wanted to eat. But you have brought us into this desert in order that we will all starve until we die!”

BSB & MSB “If only we had died by the LORD ’s hand in the land of Egypt!” [they said]. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE & WMBB and the children of Israel said to them, “We wish that we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

NET The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!”

LSV and the sons of Israel say to them, “Oh that we had died by the hand of YHWH in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety—for you have brought us out to this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.”

FBV “The Lord should've killed us back in Egypt!” the Israelites told them. “At least there we could sit down beside stewpots of meat and eat bread until we were full. But you had to bring all of us out here in the desert to starve us all to death!”

T4T They said to them/us, “We wish that Yahweh had killed us in Egypt! There we had meat to eat, and all the bread that we wanted. But you have brought us into this desert in order that we will all starve to death!”

LEB And the _⌊Israelites_⌋[fn] said to them, “_⌊If only we had died_⌋[fn] by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots[fn] of meat, when we ate bread _⌊until we were full_⌋,[fn] because you have brought us out to this desert to kill all of this assembly with hunger.”

BBE And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS and the children of Israel said unto them: 'Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.'

ASV and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

DRA And the children of Israel said to them: Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat over the flesh pots, and ate bread to the full. Why have you brought us into this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude with famine?

YLT and the sons of Israel say unto them, 'Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety — for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

Drby And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!

RV and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
(and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye/you_all have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.)

SLT And the sons of Israel will say to them, Who will give to die by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt in our sitting by the pot of flesh, in our eating bread to satiety? for ye brought us forth to this desert to kill all this convocation with hunger.

Wbstr And the children of Israel said to them, O that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

KJB-1769 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
(And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye/you_all have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.)

KJB-1611 And the children of Israel saide vnto them, Would to God wee had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, and when we did eate bread to the full: for ye haue brought vs forth into this wildernesse, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And the chyldren of Israel sayde vnto them: Woulde to God we had dyed by the hande of the Lorde in the lande of Egypt, whe we sate by the fleshe pottes, and when we dyd eate bread our bellies full: for ye haue brought vs out into this wildernesse, to kyl this whole multitude with hunger.
(And the children of Israel said unto them: Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread our bellies full: for ye/you_all have brought us out into this wilderness, to kyl this whole multitude with hunger.)

Gnva For the children of Israel sayde to them, Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, when wee ate bread our bellies full: for yee haue brought vs out into this wildernesse, to kill this whole company with famine.
(For the children of Israel said to them, Oh that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we ate bread our bellies full: for ye/you_all have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole company with famine.)

Cvdl and saide vnto them: Wolde God we had dyed in the londe of Egipte by the hande of the LORDE, whan we sat by ye flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate: for ye haue brought vs out in to this wyldernes, to cause this whole multitude dye of honger.
(and said unto them: Would God we had died in the land of Egypt by the hand of the LORD, when we sat by ye/you_all flesh pots, and had bread enough to eat: for ye/you_all have brought us out in to this wilderness, to cause this whole multitude dye of hunger.)

Wycl And the sones of Israel seiden to hem, We wolden that we hadden be deed bi the `hoond of the Lord in the lond of Egipt, whanne we saten on the `pottis of fleisch, and eeten looues in plentee; whi leden ye vs in to this deseert, that ye schulden sle al the multitude with hungur?
(And the sons of Israel said to them, We wanted that we had be deed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat on the pottis of flesh, and eaten loaves in plentee; why led ye/you_all us in to this desert, that ye/you_all should slay/kill all the multitude with hunger?)

Luth und sprachen: Wollte GOtt, wir wären in Ägypten gestorben durch des HErr’s Hand, da wir bei den Fleischtöpfen saßen und hatten die Fülle Brot zu essen! Denn ihr habt uns darum ausgeführet in diese Wüste, daß ihr diese ganze Gemeine Hungers sterben lasset.
(and said: Wanted God, we/us would_be in Egypt died through the LORD’s hand, there we/us at/in the fleshtöpfen sat and had the abundance bread to/for eat! Because you(pl)/their/her have us/to_us/ourselves therefore executed in this/these desert, that you(pl)/their/her this/these whole/all community hungers die let.)

ClVg Dixeruntque filii Israël ad eos: Utinam mortui essemus per manum Domini in terra Ægypti, quando sedebamus super ollas carnium, et comedebamus panem in saturitate: cur eduxistis nos in desertum istud, ut occideretis omnem multitudinem fame?[fn]
(And_they_said children Israel to them: Utinam dead we_would_be through hand Master in/into/on earth/land of_Egypt, when I_was_sittingus over ollas of_meat, and eatbamus bread/food in/into/on saturitate: cur you_brought_outs us in/into/on desert(n) this, as to_killtis all multitude hunger?)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵ⁠הֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי־יִתֵּ֨ן מוּתֵ֤⁠נוּ בְ⁠יַד־יְהוָה֙ בְּ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּ⁠שִׁבְתֵּ֨⁠נוּ֙ עַל־סִ֣יר הַ⁠בָּשָׂ֔ר בְּ⁠אָכְלֵ֥⁠נוּ לֶ֖חֶם לָ⁠שֹׂ֑בַע כִּֽי־הוֹצֵאתֶ֤ם אֹתָ֨⁠נוּ֙ אֶל־הַ⁠מִּדְבָּ֣ר הַ⁠זֶּ֔ה לְ⁠הָמִ֛ית אֶת־כָּל־הַ⁠קָּהָ֥ל הַ⁠זֶּ֖ה בָּ⁠רָעָֽב׃ס ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν πληγέντες ὑπὸ Κυρίου ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ὅταν ἐκαθίσαμεν ἐπὶ τῶν λεβήτων τῶν κρεῶν, καὶ ἠσθίομεν ἄρτους εἰς πλησμονήν· ὅτι ἐξηγάγετε ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ταύτην, ἀποκτεῖναι πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ταύτην ἐν λιμῷ.

BrTr And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.