1 Corinthians 10:10

8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
KJV
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
WEB
Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
ASV
Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
DARBY
Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
BLB
And do not grumble, as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
ÅB
Knurr heller ikke, slik som noen av dem knurret og ble ødelagt av ødeleggeren!
OTB
Vi skal heller ikke klage, slik noen av dem gjorde, og ble ødelagt av ødeleggeren.
B1930
Knurr heller ikke, likesom nogen av dem knurret og blev ødelagt av ødeleggeren!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 14:2

    All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!

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  • Numbers 16:41

    The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”

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  • Numbers 14:37

    those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.

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  • Philippians 2:14

    Do everything without complaining or arguing,

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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  • Psalms 106:25

    They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

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  • Jude 1:16

    These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

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