Exodus 15:24

Complete Jewish Bible

The people grumbled against Moshe and asked, "What are we to drink?"

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The people murmured against Moshe, saying, "What shall we drink?"

King James Version
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Lexham English Bible
And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

New Century Version
The people grumbled to Moses and asked, "What will we drink?"

New English Translation
So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can we drink?"

Amplified Bible
The people [grew discontented and] grumbled at Moses, saying, "What are we going to drink?"

New American Standard Bible
So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, "What are we to drink?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drinke?

Legacy Standard Bible
So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

Contemporary English Version
The people complained and said, "Moses, what are we going to drink?"

Darby Translation
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Easy-to-Read Version
The people began complaining to Moses. They said, "Now what will we drink?"

English Standard Version
And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

George Lamsa Translation
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Good News Translation
The people complained to Moses and asked, "What are we going to drink?"

Christian Standard Bible®
The people grumbled to Moses, “What are we going to drink?”

Literal Translation
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then ye people murmured against Moses, & sayde: What shal we drynke?

American Standard Version
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Bible in Basic English
And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people murmured agaynst Moyses, saying: What shall we drinke?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'

King James Version (1611)
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall wee drinke?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

English Revised Version
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Berean Standard Bible
So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What are we to drink?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the puple grutchide ayens Moises, and seide, What schulen we drynke?

Young's Literal Translation
And the people murmur against Moses, saying, `What do we drink?'

Update Bible Version
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

World English Bible
The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

New King James Version
And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

New Living Translation
Then the people complained and turned against Moses. "What are we going to drink?" they demanded.

New Life Bible
The people complained to Moses, saying, "What can we drink?"

New Revised Standard
And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the people murmured against Moses - saying, What are we to drink?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?

Revised Standard Version
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"

Contextual Overview

²² Moshe led Isra'el onward from the Sea of Suf. They went out into the Shur Desert; but after traveling three days in the desert, they had found no water. ²³ They arrived at Marah but couldn't drink the water there, because it was bitter. This is why they called it Marah [bitterness]. ²⁴ The people grumbled against Moshe and asked, "What are we to drink?" ²⁵ Moshe cried to Adonai ; and Adonai showed him a certain piece of wood, which, when he threw it into the water, made the water taste good. There Adonai made laws and rules of life for them, and there he tested them. ²⁶ He said, "If you will listen intently to the voice of Adonai your God, do what he considers right, pay attention to his mitzvot and observe his laws, I will not afflict you with any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians; because I am Adonai your healer." ²⁷ (A: v, S: iv) They came to Eilim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and camped there by the water.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 14:11, Exodus 16:2, Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:9, Exodus 17:3, Exodus 17:4, Numbers 11:1-6, Numbers 14:1-4, Numbers 16:11, Numbers 16:41, Numbers 17:10, Numbers 20:2-5, Numbers 21:5, 1 Corinthians 10:10, Philippians 2:14, Jude 1:16

What: Exodus 17:3, Psalms 78:19, Psalms 78:20, Matthew 6:25

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:2 - the people Exodus 32:22 - knowest Numbers 14:2 - murmured Psalms 106:13 - They soon forgat Isaiah 63:10 - they rebelled

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people murmured against Moses,.... For bringing them into a wilderness where they could find no water fit to drink; saying:

what shall we drink? what shall we do for drink? where can we drink? this water is not drinkable, and, unless we have something to drink, we, and our wives, and children, and servants, and cattle, must all perish.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 15:24. The people murmured — They were in a state of great mental degradation, owing to their long and oppressive vassalage, and had no firmness of character. Exodus 13:17; Exodus 13:17.