Exodus 14:12

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?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 5:21 : 21 and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'
  • Exod 6:9 : 9 And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.
  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Joined to idols `is' Ephraim, let him alone.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better `is' my death than my life.'
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, `Better `is' my death than my life.'
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 saying, `Away! what -- to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art -- the Holy One of God.'
  • Mark 5:7 : 7 and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'
  • Mark 5:17-18 : 17 and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders. 18 And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him,
  • Exod 3:9 : 9 `And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 14:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10And Pharaoh hath drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and lo, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.

    11And they say unto Moses, `Because there are no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in a wilderness? what is this thou hast done to us -- to bring us out from Egypt?

  • Num 14:2-4
    3 verses
    83%

    2and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!

    3and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?'

    4And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'

  • Exod 16:3
    81%

    3and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

  • Exod 14:5
    79%

    5And it is declared to the king of Egypt that the people hath fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants is turned against the people, and they say, `What `is' this we have done? that we have sent Israel away from our service.'

  • Num 20:3-5
    3 verses
    79%

    3and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!

    4and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts?

    5and why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to bring us in unto this evil place? no place of seed, and fig, and vine, and pomegranate; and water there is none to drink.

  • Num 16:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?

    14Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'

  • Exod 12:33
    77%

    33And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, `We are all dead;'

  • Exod 14:13
    77%

    13And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them -- to the age;

  • Num 21:5
    77%

    5and the people speak against God, and against Moses, `Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'

  • Num 20:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15that our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers;

    16and we cry unto Jehovah, and He heareth our voice, and sendeth a messenger, and is bringing us out of Egypt; and lo, we `are' in Kadesh, a city `in' the extremity of thy border.

  • Num 17:12
    76%

    12And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;

  • Exod 17:3
    76%

    3and 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.'

  • Jer 2:6
    76%

    6And have not said, Where `is' Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'

  • Exod 5:21
    75%

    21and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'

  • Exod 8:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26and Moses saith, `Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes -- and they do not stone us!

    27A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

  • Deut 1:27
    75%

    27and murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us He hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite -- to destroy us;

  • Acts 7:39-40
    2 verses
    75%

    39to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

    40saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.

  • Jer 42:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

    14saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.

  • Num 14:13
    74%

    13And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,

  • Exod 20:19
    74%

    19and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

  • Deut 26:6
    74%

    6and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;

  • Exod 5:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And they say, `The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.'

    4And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.'

  • Exod 14:3
    74%

    3and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them;

  • Exod 10:11
    74%

    11not so! go now, ye who `are' men, and serve Jehovah, for that ye are seeking;' and `one' casteth them out from the presence of Pharaoh.

  • Exod 32:12
    74%

    12why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people.

  • Exod 10:7
    74%

    7And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, `Until when doth this `one' become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'

  • Exod 6:9
    74%

    9And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.

  • Deut 9:28
    74%

    28lest the land say from which Thou hast brought us out, Because of Jehovah's want of ability to bring them in unto the land of which He hath spoken to them, and because of His hating them, He brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness;

  • Exod 13:17
    73%

    17And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh's sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it `is' near; for God said, `Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;'

  • Josh 24:17
    73%

    17for Jehovah our God `is' He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;

  • Deut 5:25
    73%

    25`And, now, why do we die? for consume us doth this great fire -- if we add to hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more -- then we have died.

  • Exod 32:23
    73%

    23and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him;

  • Gen 47:19
    73%

    19why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

  • Exod 14:25
    72%

    25and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, `Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.'

  • Exod 5:15
    72%

    15And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, `Why dost thou thus to thy servants?