Verse 3

The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Folket klagde til Moses og sa: 'Vi ønsker vi hadde dødd sammen med våre brødre foran Herren!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og folket klandret Moses og sa: «Å, om vi hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• Norsk King James

  Folket begynte å klage på Moses og sa: Hadde vi bare dødd sammen med våre brødre foran Herren!

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Folket kranglet med Moses og sa: «Hvis bare vi hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens ansikt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Folket kranglet med Moses og sa: «Hadde vi bare dødd da våre brødre døde foran Herren!

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Folket klandret Moses og sa: "Vi skulle ønske vi hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da talte folket løst med Moses og sa: Måtte vi dødd da våre brødre omkom foran Herren!

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

  Folket klandret Moses og sa: "Vi skulle ønske vi hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Folket kranglet med Moses og sa: «Om vi bare hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Folket klaget til Moses og sa: "Hadde vi bare dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens ansikt!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Folket kivede med Mose, og de sagde, sigende: Gid vi havde og udgivet Aanden, der vore Brødre udgave Aanden for Herrens Ansigt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Folket klandret Moses og sa: Om vi bare hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, "Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Folket kivet med Moses og sa: «Å, om vi bare hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og folket kivet med Moses og sa: «Bare vi hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Folket klandret Moses og sa: «Var det bare vi hadde dødd da våre brødre døde for Herrens åsyn!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Folket var sinte på Moses og sa: Om vi bare hadde dødd da våre brødre omkom for Herrens ansikt!

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the people chode with Moses and spake sayenge: wold God that we had perysshed when oure brethern perysshed before ye Lorde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & the people chode with Moses, & sayde: Wolde God yt we had perished, whan oure brethre perished before the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the people chode with Moyses, and spake, saying: Woulde God that we had perished when our brethren dyed before the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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!

• World English Bible (2000)

  The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Exod 17:2 : 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?"
• Num 16:31-35 : 31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split apart. 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community. 34 All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!' 35 Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.
• Num 11:1 : 1 Now the people began to complain bitterly in the hearing of the LORD, and when the LORD heard this, His anger burned, and fire from the LORD consumed the outskirts of the camp.
• Num 11:33-34 : 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague. 34 So they named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.
• Num 14:1-2 : 1 Then the entire assembly raised their voices and cried, and the people wept throughout that night. 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!
• Num 14:36-37 : 36 The men whom Moses had sent to explore the land, and who returned and caused the whole assembly to complain by spreading a bad report about the land— 37 those men who spread the bad report about the land were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
• Job 3:10-11 : 10 Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes. 11 Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?
• Lam 4:9 : 9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those dying of hunger, wasting away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
• 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."