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Exodus 17:4

Moses
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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?

3 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?

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.

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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BSB
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
KJV
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
WEB
Moses cried to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
ASV
And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me.
DARBY
And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me!
BLB
And Moses cried out to YHWH, saying, “What shall I do for this people? A little longer and they will stone me!”
ÅB
Da ropte Moses til Herren og sa: Hva skal jeg gjøre med dette folk? Det er ikke langt fra at de steiner meg!
OTB
Moses ropte til Herren: «Hva skal jeg gjøre med dette folket? De er nesten klare til å steine meg!»
B1930
Da ropte Moses til Herren og sa: Hvad skal jeg gjøre med dette folk? Det er ikke langt fra at de stener mig!

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  • 1 Samuel 30:6

    And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

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  • Numbers 14:10

    But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

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  • John 8:59

    Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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  • John 10:31

    Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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  • Acts 14:19

    And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

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  • Numbers 16:19

    And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

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  • Exodus 15:25

    And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

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  • Acts 7:50

    Hath not my hand made all these things?

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