Verse List for NUM 20:3

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not necessarily natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible—click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for doing comparisons of different translations—the older translations are further down the page (so you can read up from the bottom to trace the English translation history). The OET segments on this page are still early looks into the drafted texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible—please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

B I ◄ ← Num 20:3 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) and complained, “It would have been better if we’d died in front of Yahweh along with our relatives back there.

OET-LV And_it _quarrelled the_people with Mosheh and_they _said to_say and_if we _had _died when_died brothers _of_our to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH.

ULT And the people contended with Moses, and they said, saying, “If only we had expired when our brothers expired to the face of Yahweh!

UST The people argued with Moses. They said, “We wish that we had died when our fellow Israelites died in Yahweh’s presence!

BSB & MSB The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEBBE & WMBB The people quarrelled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

NET The people contended with Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

LSV and the people strive with Moses and speak, saying, “And oh that we had expired when our brothers expired before YHWH!

FBV They argued with Moses, saying, “If only we'd died with our relatives in the Lord's presence!

T4T They complained and said, “We wish that we had died in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Tent when our fellow Israelis died!

LEB And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we died when our brothers were dying _⌊before_⌋[fn] Yahweh!

BBE And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

Moff No Moff NUM book available

JPS And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying: 'Would that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD!

ASV And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

DRA And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.

YLT and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, 'And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!

Drby And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

RV And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
(And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren/brothers died before the LORD!)

SLT And they will contend with Moses, and will speak, saying, Would that we died in the dying of our brethren before Jehovah!

Wbstr And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

KJB-1769 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
(And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren/brothers died before the LORD!)

KJB-1611 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And the people chode with Moyses, and spake, saying: Woulde God that we had perished when our brethren dyed before the Lorde.
(And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying: Would God that we had perished when our brethren/brothers died before the Lord.)

Gnva And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord.
(And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren/brothers died before the Lord.)

Cvdl & the people chode with Moses, & sayde: Wolde God yt we had perished, whan oure brethre perished before the LORDE.
(and the people chode with Moses, and said: Would God it we had perished, when our brethren/brothers perished before the LORD.)

Wycl and seiden, We wolden that we hadden perischid among oure britheren bifor the Lord.
(and said, We wanted that we had perished among our brethren/brothers before the Lord.)

Luth Und das Volk haderte mit Mose und sprachen: Ach, daß wir umkommen wären, da unsere Brüder umkamen vor dem HErr’s!
(And the people struggled with Moses and said: Oh_dear, that we/us perish/die would_be, there our brothers died before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s!)

ClVg et versi in seditionem, dixerunt: Utinam periissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino.
(and versi in/into/on sedition, they_said: Utinam periissemus between brothers ours before Master.)

UHB וַ⁠יָּ֥רֶב הָ⁠עָ֖ם עִם־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֣וּ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר וְ⁠ל֥וּ גָוַ֛עְנוּ בִּ⁠גְוַ֥ע אַחֵ֖י⁠נוּ לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐλοιδορεῖτο ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγοντες, ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἔναντι Κυρίου.

BrTr And the people reviled Moses, saying, Would we had died in the destruction of our brethren before the Lord!