And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
And the people chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
20:3 Before the Lord - Suddenly, rather than to die such a lingering death. Their sin was much greater than that of their parents, because they should have taken warning by their miscarriages, and by the terrible effects of them, which their eyes had seen.