Exodus 15:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?””
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BSBPD
“So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And the people murmur against Moses, saying, `What do we drink?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 15:24 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:11They 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?
- Exodus 16:2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 16:8And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
- Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- 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 14:1Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
- Numbers 16:11Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
- Numbers 16:41The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
- Numbers 17:10The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
- Numbers 20:2Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered 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!”
- Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Philippians 2:14Do everything without complaining or arguing,
- Jude 1:16These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
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