Other translations
American Standard Version
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Darby Bible Translation
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!
God's Word
The people complained to Moses and said, "If only we had died when the other Israelites died in the LORD's presence!
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD.
International Standard Version
As the people argued with Moses, they told him, "We wish that we had died when our relatives died in the LORD's presence!
NET Bible
The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
New American Standard Bible
The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!
New International Version
They quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!
New Living Translation
The people blamed Moses and said, "If only we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers!
Webster's Bible Translation
And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
The World English Bible
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
EasyEnglish Bible
They said to Moses, ‘We would rather be dead! When the Lord killed our brothers, he should have killed us too.
Young‘s Literal Translation
and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
New Life Version
The people complained to Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!
The Voice Bible
Israelites (arguing with Moses): It would have been so much better if we had simply died along with the rest of our relatives, Korah, Abiram, and Dathan, right in front of the Eternal One.
Living Bible
and they held a protest meeting. “Would that we too had died with our dear brothers the Lord killed!” they shouted at Moses.
New Catholic Bible
They argued with Moses and said, “Would that we would have died when our brothers fell before the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had breathed our last when our brothers breathed their last before Yahweh!
Jubilee Bible 2000
And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, Oh, that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Christian Standard Bible
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.
Amplified Bible © 1954
And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord!
New Century Version
They argued with Moses and said, “We should have died in front of the Lord as our brothers did.
The Message
There was no water there for the community, so they ganged up on Moses and Aaron. They attacked Moses: “We wish we’d died when the rest of our brothers died before God. Why did you haul this congregation of God out here into this wilderness to die, people and cattle alike? And why did you take us out of Egypt in the first place, dragging us into this miserable country? No grain, no figs, no grapevines, no pomegranates—and now not even any water!”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had died when our kindred died before the Lord!
Good News Translation®
and complained: “It would have been better if we had died in front of the Lord's Tent along with the other Israelites.
Wycliffe Bible
and they were turned into dissension, that is, rebelty and striving (that is, rebellion and strife), and said, We would that we had perished among our brethren before the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
and complained, “Moses, we'd be better off if we had died along with the others in front of the Lord's sacred tent.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
And the people contended with Moses, and said, “Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had died when our kindred died before the Lord!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The people quarrelled with Moses and said, ‘Would that we had died when our kindred died before the Lord!
Common English Bible © 2011
Then the people confronted Moses and said to him, “If only we too had died when our brothers perished in the Lord’s presence!
Amplified Bible © 2015
The people contended with Moses, and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished [in the plague] before the Lord!
English Standard Version Anglicised
And the people quarrelled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The people quarreled with Moses, exclaiming, “Would that we had perished when our kindred perished before the Lord!
New American Standard Bible
Then the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
The Expanded Bible
They ·argued with [contended with; brought a case against] Moses and said, “We should have died in front of the Lord as our brothers did.
Tree of Life Version
The people quarreled with Moses saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before Adonai!
Revised Standard Version
And the people contended with Moses, and said, “Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
New International Reader's Version
They argued with Moses. They said, “We wish we had died when our people fell dead in front of the Lord.
BRG Bible
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
Complete Jewish Bible
The people quarreled with Moshe and said, “We wish we had died when our brothers died before Adonai.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The people quarrelled with Moses and said, ‘Would that we had died when our kindred died before the Lord!
Orthodox Jewish Bible
And the people contended with Moshe, and spoke, saying, If only we had died when our brethren died before Hashem!
Names of God Bible
The people complained to Moses and said, “If only we had died when the other Israelites died in Yahweh’s presence!
Modern English Version
The people argued with Moses, and spoke, saying, “O that we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!
Easy-to-Read Version
The people argued with Moses and said, “Maybe we should have died in front of the Lord like our brothers did.
International Children’s Bible
They argued with Moses. They said, “We should have died in front of the Lord as our brothers did.
Lexham English Bible
And the people quarreled with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we died when our brothers were dying before Yahweh!
New International Version - UK
They quarrelled with Moses and said, ‘If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord!