Numbers 21:5 “and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out o…”

Numbers 21:5

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

World English Bible

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, there is no water, and our soul loathes this disgusting food!”

American Standard Version

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, and our soule lotheth this light bread.

Darby Translation

and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.

Young's Literal Translation

and the people speak against God, and against Moses, 'Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'

Bible in Basic English

And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

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Cross references

“spake”

Psalm 78:19 Numbers 16:41 Numbers 14:1–4 Numbers 17:12 Exodus 14:11 Exodus 15:24

Psalm 78:19 · BSB

They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

Numbers 16:41 · BSB

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

Numbers 14:1–4 · BSB

Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

Numbers 17:12 · BSB

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

Exodus 14:11 · BSB

They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24 · BSB

So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

“and our soul”

Exodus 16:15 Exodus 16:31 Proverbs 27:7 Numbers 11:6–9 Psalm 78:24 Psalm 78:25

Exodus 16:15 · BSB

When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:31 · BSB

Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Proverbs 27:7 · BSB

The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

Numbers 11:6–9 · BSB

But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”

Psalm 78:24 · BSB

He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

Psalm 78:25 · BSB

Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

6So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

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