Verse 2

So the people quarreled with Moses, saying, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied to them, "Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing the LORD?"

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Folket begynte å krangle med Moses og sa til ham: 'Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke.' Moses svarte dem: 'Hvorfor krangler dere med meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Folket klandret Moses og sa: Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke. Moses svarte dem: Hvorfor klandrer dere meg? Hvorfor frister dere Herren?

• Norsk King James

  Derfor klaget folket til Moses og sa: Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke. Og Moses sa til dem: Hvorfor klager dere på meg? Hvorfor frister dere Herren?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Folket kranglet med Moses og sa: Gi oss vann å drikke! Moses svarte dem: Hvorfor krangler dere med meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Folket klandret Moses og sa: «Gi oss vann, så vi kan drikke!» Da sa Moses til dem: «Hvorfor klandrer dere meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor kranglet folket med Moses og sa: Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke! Og Moses svarte dem: Hvorfor krangler dere med meg? Hvorfor frister dere Herren?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor anklaget folket Moses og sa: 'Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke.' Moses svarte dem: 'Hvorfor klandrer dere meg? Hvorfor frester dere HERREN?'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Derfor kranglet folket med Moses og sa: Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke! Og Moses svarte dem: Hvorfor krangler dere med meg? Hvorfor frister dere Herren?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Der begynte folket å krangle med Moses og sa: 'Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke!' Moses svarte dem: 'Hvorfor krangler dere med meg? Hvorfor setter dere Yahweh på prøve?'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da klandret folket Moses og sa: 'Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke!' Moses svarte dem: 'Hvorfor klandrer dere meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Folket kivede med Mose, og de sagde: Giver os Vand, at vi kunne drikke; og Mose sagde til dem: Hvad ville I kive med mig? hvad ville I friste Herren?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor klandret folket Moses og sa: Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke! Men Moses svarte dem: Hvorfor klandrer dere meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da kivet folket med Moses og sa: «Gi oss vann å drikke.» Moses sa til dem: «Hvorfor kiver dere med meg? Hvorfor setter dere Yahweh på prøve?»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og folket kivet med Moses, og sa: 'Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke.' Og Moses sa til dem: 'Hva er dette? Dere kiver med meg, hva? Dere prøver Jehova.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor kivet folket med Moses og sa: Gi oss vann så vi kan drikke. Men Moses svarte dem: Hvorfor kiver dere med meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da gikk folket i klammeri med Moses og sa: Gi oss vann å drikke. Moses svarte: Hvorfor går dere i klammeri med meg? Hvorfor setter dere Herren på prøve?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the people chode with Moses and sayde: geue us water to drynke. And Moses sayde vnto them: why chyde ye with me, and wherfore do ye tempte the Lorde?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they chode wt Moses, & sayde: Geue vs water, yt we maye drynke. Moses sayde vnto the: Why chyde ye wt me? Wherfore tepte ye ye LORDE?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and sayde, Giue vs water that we may drinke; Moses sayde vnto them, Why contende yee with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And ye people dyd chyde with Moyses, and sayde: geue vs water to drinke. Moyses said vnto them: why chyde you with me? wherfore do ye tempt ye Lord?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the people strive with Moses, and say, `Give us water, and we drink.' And Moses saith to them, `What? -- ye strive with me, what? -- ye try Jehovah?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So the people contended with Moses, and they said,“Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them,“Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the LORD?”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 6:16 : 16 Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.
• Ps 78:41 : 41 Again and again they tested God and limited the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 7:12 : 12 But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.'
• Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him, 'Again it is written: You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'
• 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and they were killed by snakes.
• Ps 78:18 : 18 They tested God in their hearts by demanding the food they craved.
• Heb 3:9 : 9 where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw my works.
• Ps 95:9 : 9 where your fathers tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen My deeds.
• Ps 106:14 : 14 In the wilderness, they craved intensely and tested God in the wasteland.
• Mal 3:15 : 15 Now we call the proud blessed, for those who do evil prosper, and those who test God escape.'
• Ps 78:56 : 56 But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep His decrees.
• Exod 17:7 : 7 And he named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"
• Num 14:22 : 22 none of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times,
• Num 20:2-5 : 2 There was no water for the community, so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. 3 The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! 4 Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here? 5 Why did you bring us up from Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!
• Num 21:5 : 5 The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'
• Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, 'Why did you agree together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.'
• Acts 15:10 : 10 Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the necks of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
• Luke 4:12 : 12 Jesus answered him, 'It is said: You shall not test the Lord your God.'
• Luke 15:12 : 12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided the property between them.
• Exod 14:11-12 : 11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.
• Exod 15:24 : 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, 'What are we to drink?'
• Exod 16:2-3 : 2 The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."
• Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Jacob, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I will die!' 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, 'Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?'
• Exod 5:21 : 21 They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
• Num 11:4-6 : 4 The rabble among them began to crave other food, and the Israelites also started to weep again, saying, 'Who will give us meat to eat? 5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. 6 But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to see but this manna!
• Num 14:2 : 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!
• 1 Sam 8:6 : 6 But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD.
• Matt 16:1-3 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 3 In the morning, you say, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and overcast.' Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you cannot discern the signs of the times.