Verse List for EXO 17:3

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OET (OET-RV) But the people were very thirsty there and they murmured against Mosheh, so he demanded, “Is this why you brought us out of Egypt? To kill me and my sons and my cattle with thirst?” ???

OET-LV And_it _was _thirsty there the_people for_water and_it _grumbled the_people on Mosheh and_he/it _said to/for_what this did_you(pl)_bring _us _up from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_put _to _death DOM_me and_DOM children _of_my and_DOM livestock _of_my by_thirst.

ULT And the people were thirsty for water there, and the people murmured against Moses. And he said, “Is this why you brought us up from Egypt? To kill me and my sons and my cattle, with thirst?”

UST But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses. They were saying, “You only brought us out here to kill us and our children and cattle by not letting us have any water to drink!”

BSB & MSB But 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?”

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE & WMBB The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

NET But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt – to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”

LSV And the people thirst for water there, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, “Why [is] this [that] you have brought us up out of Egypt to put us to death, also our sons and our livestock, with thirst?”

FBV But the people were so thirsty for water there that they went on complaining to Moses, saying, “Why did you have to bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us and our children and livestock by thirst?”

T4T But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses/me. They were saying things like “Why did you bring us out of Egypt?”, and “Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and livestock to die ◄from thirst/because we had no water to drink► [RHQ]?”

LEB And the people thirsted for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why _⌊ever_⌋[fn] did you bring us up from Egypt to kill me[fn] and my sons and my cattle with thirst?”

BBE And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said: 'Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?'

ASV And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

DRA So the people were thirsty there for want of water, and murmured against Moses, saying: Why didst thou make us go forth out of Egypt, to kill us and our children, and our beasts with thirst?

YLT and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, 'Why [is] this? — thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst.'

Drby And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

RV And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
(And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou/you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?)

SLT And the people will thirst there for water; and the people will murmur against Moses, and will say, For what this did ye bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst?

Wbstr And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this that thou hast brought us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

KJB-1769 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
(And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou/you hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?)

KJB-1611 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought vs vp out of Egypt, to kill vs and our children, and our cattell with thirst?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps There the people thirsted for water, and ye people murmured agaynst Moyses, and saide: wherefore hast thou thus brought vs vp out of Egypt, to kil me, & my children, and my cattell with thyrst?
(There the people thirsted for water, and ye/you_all people murmured against Moses, and said: wherefore hast thou/you thus brought us up out of Egypt, to kill me, and my children, and my cattle with thirst?)

Gnva So the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kill vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
(So the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou/you thus brought us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?)

Cvdl But whan the people thyrsted there for water, they murmured agaynst Moses, & sayde: Wherfore hast thou caused vs to come out of Egipte? to let vs, oure children, and oure catell dye of honger?
(But when the people thirsted there for water, they murmured against Moses, and said: Wherefore hast thou/you caused us to come out of Egypt? to let us, our children, and our cattle dye of hunger?)

Wycl Therfor the puple thristide there for the scarsnesse of watir, and grutchiden ayens Moises, and seide, Whi madist thou vs to go out of Egipt, to sle vs, and oure fre children, and beestis, for thrist?
(Therefore the people thristide there for the scarsness of water, and groutched/grumbledn against Moses, and said, Why made thou/you us to go out of Egypt, to slay/kill us, and our free children, and beasts/animals, for thrist?)

Luth Da aber das Volk daselbst dürstete nach Wasser, murreten sie wider Mose und sprachen: Warum hast du uns lassen aus Ägypten ziehen, daß du uns, unsere Kinder und Vieh Durst sterben ließest?
(So but the people there thirsted after water, murmurs/grumbles they/she/them against Moses and said: Why have you(sg) us/to_us/ourselves let out_of Egypt pull, that you(sg) us/to_us/ourselves, our children and cattle thirst die you_let?)

ClVg Sitivit ergo ibi populus præ aquæ penuria, et murmuravit contra Moysen, dicens: Cur fecisti nos exire de Ægypto, ut occideres nos, et liberos nostros, ac jumenta siti?[fn]
(He_was_thirsty therefore there the_people before water shortage, and he_murmured on_the_contrary Moses, saying: Cur you_did us to_go_out from/about to_Egypt, as to_kills us, and children ours, and cattle thirst?)

UHB וַ⁠יִּצְמָ֨א שָׁ֤ם הָ⁠עָם֙ לַ⁠מַּ֔יִם וַ⁠יָּ֥לֶן הָ⁠עָ֖ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ⁠יֹּ֗אמֶר לָ֤⁠מָּה זֶּה֙ הֶעֱלִיתָ֣⁠נוּ מִ⁠מִּצְרַ֔יִם לְ⁠הָמִ֥ית אֹתִ֛⁠י וְ⁠אֶת־בָּנַ֥⁠י וְ⁠אֶת־מִקְנַ֖⁠י בַּ⁠צָּמָֽא׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐδίψησε δὲ ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸς ὕδατι· καὶ διεγόγγυσεν ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγοντες, ἱνατί τοῦτο; ἀνεβίβασας ἡμᾶς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἀποκτεῖναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῷ δίψει;

BrTr And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to slay us and our children and our cattle with thirst?