Exodus 14:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the wilderness.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Is not this the word{H1697} that we spake{H1696} unto thee in Egypt,{H4714} saying,{H559} Let us alone,{H2308} that we may serve{H5647} the Egyptians?{H4714} For it were better{H2896} for us to serve{H5647} the Egyptians,{H4714} than that we should die{H4191} in the wilderness.{H4057}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Is not this the word{H1697} that we did tell{H1696}{(H8765)} thee in Egypt{H4714}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let us alone{H2308}{(H8798)}, that we may serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the Egyptians{H4714}? For it had been better{H2896} for us to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the Egyptians{H4714}, than that we should die{H4191}{(H8800)} in the wilderness{H4057}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Dyd not we tell the this in Egipte saynge, let us be in rest and serue the Egiptians? For it had bene better for us to haue serued the Egiptians, than for to dye in the wildernesse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Is not this it, that we sayde vnto the in Egipte? Leaue of, & let vs serue the Egipcians: for it were better for vs to serue the Egipcians, then to dye in the wyldernes?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Did not wee tell thee this thing in Egypt, saying, Let vs be in rest, that we may serue the Egyptians? for it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that wee shoulde dye in the wildernesse.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Dyd not we tell thee this in Egypt, saying, let vs be in rest, that we maye serue the Egyptians? For it had ben better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians, then for to dye in the wyldernesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt,‘Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!’”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:21 : 21 And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge; because you have made our odor to be loathed in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.
  • Exod 6:9 : 9 And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they did not listen to Moses because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted and wished to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
  • Mark 5:7 : 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me.
  • Mark 5:17-18 : 17 And they began to beg him to depart out of their region. 18 And when he was getting into the ship, he who had been possessed with the demon begged him that he might be with him.
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 14:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were greatly afraid: and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.

    11 And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt?

  • Num 14:2-4
    3 verses
    83%

    2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

    3 Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

    4 And they said to one another, Let us choose a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

  • Exod 16:3
    81%

    3 And the children of Israel 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, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

  • Exod 14:5
    79%

    5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

  • Num 20:3-5
    3 verses
    79%

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

    4 And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here?

    5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink."

  • Num 16:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13 Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, unless you make yourself altogether a prince over us?

    14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

  • Exod 12:33
    77%

    33 And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, 'We shall all be dead.'

  • Exod 14:13
    77%

    13 And Moses said to the people, Do not fear, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall see them again no more forever.

  • Num 21:5
    77%

    5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

  • Num 20:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

    16 When we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.

  • Num 17:12
    76%

    12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

  • Exod 17:3
    76%

    3 And the people were thirsty there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

  • Jer 2:6
    76%

    6 Neither did they say, Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no one lived?

  • Exod 5:21
    75%

    21 And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge; because you have made our odor to be loathed in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.

  • Exod 8:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26 And Moses said, It is not appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

    27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

  • Deut 1:27
    75%

    27 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

  • Acts 7:39-40
    2 verses
    75%

    39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

    40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

  • Jer 42:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

    14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

  • Num 14:13
    74%

    13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

  • Exod 20:19
    74%

    19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

  • Deut 26:6
    74%

    6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Exod 5:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest he strike us with pestilence or with the sword.

    4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? Go back to your burdens.

  • Exod 14:3
    74%

    3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are trapped in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.

  • Exod 10:11
    74%

    11 Not so; go now, you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

  • Exod 32:12
    74%

    12 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this evil against Your people.

  • Exod 10:7
    74%

    7 And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?

  • Exod 6:9
    74%

    9 And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they did not listen to Moses because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

  • Deut 9:28
    74%

    28 Lest the land from which you brought us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.

  • Exod 13:17
    73%

    17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

  • Josh 24:17
    73%

    17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

  • Deut 5:25
    73%

    25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

  • Exod 32:23
    73%

    23 For they said to me, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'

  • Gen 47:19
    73%

    19 Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

  • Exod 14:25
    72%

    25 And took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.

  • Exod 5:15
    72%

    15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal this way with your servants?