Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Exodus 17:4

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

KJV

Clamavit autem Moyses ad Dominum, dicens : Quid faciam populo huic ? adhuc paululum, et lapidabit me.

Vulgate

ἐβόησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον λέγων Τί ποιήσω τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ; ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ καταλιθοβολὴσουσίν με.

LXX

And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.

ASV

וַ/יִּצְעַ֤ק מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל יְהוָ֣ה לֵ/אמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָ/עָ֣ם הַ/זֶּ֑ה ע֥וֹד מְעַ֖ט וּ/סְקָלֻֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הוּ
hv
verb · 22×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּצְעַ֥ק
yts'q
verb · 55×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×

Historic Christian voices

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

§694Water. the symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As "by one Spirit we were …
§2119Tempting God consists in putting his goodness and almighty power to the test by word or deed. Thus Satan tried to induce Jesus to throw himself down from the Temple and, by this gesture, force God to act.49 Jesus opposed Satan with the word of God: "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test." 50 The challenge contained in such tempting of God wounds the respect and trust …
2. But what means, according to the flesh? According to what is in sight; according to the life that now is; according to the discipline of the Gentiles. Then, lest he should seem to be at variance with himself, (for he had convinced both the Proconsul, Acts 13:12 and the Areopagite, Acts 17:34 and Apollos; Acts 18:26: through Aquila and Priscilla and other wise men, too, we ha…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:20 — And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
  • 1Sam 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
  • 1Sam 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
  • 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.
  • Exod 14:15 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
  • Job 42:10 — And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
  • 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.
  • John 10:31 — Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  • John 10:31 — Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
  • Num 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.
  • Num 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.