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Exodus 17:2

World English Bible

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”

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Exodus 17:2 in other translations

Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?

Exodus 17:2 · American Standard Version

Exodus 17:2 in context

  1. 1All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
  2. 2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”
    Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”
  3. 3The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
  4. 4Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”