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Exodus 14:11

They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מֹשֶׁה֒mo.ShehMosesH4872 →
הַֽמִבְּלִ֤יha.mi.be.Li¿ because notH1097 →
אֵין־'ein-there notH369 →
קְבָרִים֙ke.va.Rim[were] gravesH6913 →
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimin EgyptH4714 →
לְקַחְתָּ֖נוּle.kach.Ta.nuyou brought usH3947 →
לָמ֣וּתla.Mutto dieH4191 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
זֹּאת֙zoTthisH2063 →
עָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.tahave you doneH6213 →
לָּ֔נוּLa.nuto us
לְהוֹצִיאָ֖נוּle.ho.tzi.'A.nuby bringing out usH3318 →
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →

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Exodus 15:24So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”Psalms 106:7–8Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.Numbers 14:1–4Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.Exodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”Deuteronomy 9:7Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.Exodus 15:23–24And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)Exodus 17:2–3So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”Exodus 16:2–3And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”Exodus 16:2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.Exodus 32:22“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.Numbers 11:15If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—Exodus 5:21“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”Exodus 5:22So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?Numbers 16:41The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”Genesis 43:6“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”

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About Exodus

The Egyptians Drown in the Sea — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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