Exodus 14:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 14:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הֲלֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
זֶ֣ה
zeh
H2088
this
הַדָּבָ֗ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
אֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
H834
which
דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֵלֶ֤יךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
בְמִצְרַ֨יִם֙
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
חֲדַ֥ל
châdal
H2308
to cease
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ
min
H4480
from
וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
מִצְרָ֑יִם
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
ט֥וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
לָ֨נוּ֙
עֲבֹ֣ד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrîy
H4713
Egyptian
מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ
mûwth
H4191
to die
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."
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King James Version Public Domain
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Cease from us and let us serve the Egyptians’? Because serving the Egyptians is better to us than dying in the wilderness.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).