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Exodus 17:3

MosesEgypt
Discouragement and depressionDoubt

1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

2 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?

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.

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BSB
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
KJV
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
WEB
The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
ASV
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
DARBY
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
BLB
And the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why [is] this—you have brought us up from Egypt to kill me and my sons and my livestock with thirst?”
ÅB
Men folket tørstet etter vann og knurret mot Moses og sa: Hvorfor har du ført oss opp fra Egypt for å la oss og våre barn og vår buskap dø av tørst?
OTB
Folket, som tørstet etter vann, klaget mot Moses og sa: «Hvorfor førte du oss opp fra Egypt, for å drepe oss og våre barn og husdyr med tørst?»
B1930
Men folket tørstet efter vann og knurret mot Moses og sa: Hvorfor har du ført oss op fra Egypten for å la oss og våre barn og vår buskap dø av tørst?

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