KJVAnd Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen are the people in whose midst I am ; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!
And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.
Numbers — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. The ambiguous signification of the participle causes the translators to twist this passage into a variety of meanings. Since the Hebrew root 'vn, aven, is sometimes trouble and labor, sometimes fatigue, sometimes iniquity, sometimes falsehood, some translate it, "The people…