Verse 2

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?

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?'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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?"

• biblecontext

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• 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?

• 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 You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
• Ps 78:41 : 41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 7:12 : 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I test the LORD.
• Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
• 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.
• Ps 78:18 : 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their desire.
• Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.
• Ps 95:9 : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
• Ps 106:14 : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
• Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
• Ps 78:56 : 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies:
• Exod 17:7 : 7 And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
• Num 14:22 : 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
• Num 20:2-5 : 2 And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron. 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 21:5 : 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.
• Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.
• Acts 15:10 : 10 Now therefore why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
• Luke 4:12 : 12 And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
• Luke 15:12 : 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his livelihood.
• Exod 14:11-12 : 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? 12 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.
• Exod 15:24 : 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
• Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 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.
• Gen 30:1-2 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
• 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.
• Num 11:4-6 : 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them fell to lusting, and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us meat to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic: 6 But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.
• Num 14:2 : 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!
• 1 Sam 8:6 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
• Matt 16:1-3 : 1 The Pharisees and the Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?