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Exodus 14:11

And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

KJV

et dixerunt ad Moysen : Forsitan non erant sepulchra in Ægypto, ideo tulisti nos ut moreremur in solitudine : quid hoc facere voluisti, ut educeres nos ex Ægypto ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Μωυσῆν Παρὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν μνήματα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐξήγαγες ἡμᾶς θανατῶσαι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ; τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν, ἐξαγαγὼν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου;

LXX

And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֮ אֶל מֹשֶׁה֒ הַֽ/מִ/בְּלִ֤י אֵין קְבָרִים֙ בְּ/מִצְרַ֔יִם לְקַחְתָּ֖/נוּ לָ/מ֣וּת בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר מַה זֹּאת֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֔/נוּ לְ/הוֹצִיאָ֖/נוּ מִ/מִּצְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
קָ֑בֶר
qbr
noun · 67×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…

Cross-references

  • Deut 9:7 — Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been reb
  • Exod 13:17 — And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent
  • Exod 15:23 — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
  • Exod 15:24 — And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
  • Exod 16:2 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
  • Exod 16:2 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
  • Exod 17:2 — 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?
  • Exod 17:2 — 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?
  • Exod 32:1 — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for
  • Exod 32:22 — And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
  • Josh 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o
  • Num 14:1 — And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
  • Num 21:5 — 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 thi
  • Ps 106:7 — Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
  • Ps 106:7 — Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.