Numbers 20:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!

English ASV

And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

English Amplified

And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord! [Num. 16:49.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord! [Num. 16:49.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the Lord!

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

English EASY 2024

They said to Moses, ‘We would rather be dead! When the Lord killed our brothers, he should have killed us too.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people argued with Moses and said, "Maybe we should have died in front of the Lord like our brothers did.

And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!

English GNT (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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The people complained to Moses and said, "If only we had died when the other Israelites died in the Lord's presence!

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The people quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD.

English KJV 1611

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

English LSB

The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had breathed our last when our brothers breathed their last before Yahweh!

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The people argued with Moses, and spoke, saying, “O that we had died when our brothers died before the Lord!

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The people contended with Moses, exclaiming, "Would that we too had perished with our kinsmen in the LORD'S presence!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The people contended with Moses, saying, “If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They argued with Moses. They said, "We wish we had died when our people fell dead in front of the Lord.

English NIV

They quarreled with Moses and said, "If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!

English NKJ 1982

And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

English NLT

The people blamed Moses and said, "We wish we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The people quarreled with Moses and said, "Would that we had died when our kindred died before the LORD!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the people contended with Moses, and said, “Would that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and they held a protest meeting. “Would that we too had died with our dear brothers the Lord killed!“ they shouted at Moses.

English Tyndale 1537

And the people chode with Moses and spake saying: would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD.

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