Exodus 5:22
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
KJV
Reversusque est Moyses ad Dominum, et ait : Domine, cur afflixisti populum istum ? quare misisti me ?
Vulgate
Ἐπέστρεψεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον καὶ εἶπεν Δέομαι, Κύριε, τί ἐκάκωσας τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον; καὶ ἵνα τί ἀπέσταλκάς με;
LXX
And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
ASV
וַ/יָּ֧שָׁב מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶל יְהוָ֖ה וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֗/י לָ/מָ֤ה הֲרֵעֹ֨תָה֙ לָ/עָ֣ם הַ/זֶּ֔ה לָ֥/מָּה זֶּ֖ה שְׁלַחְתָּֽ/נִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
- 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 11:11 — And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?