Numbers 21:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 21:5 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 →
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
הָעָ֗ם
ʻam
H5971
people
בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
וּבְמֹשֶׁה֒
Môsheh
H4872
Moses
לָמָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֨נוּ֙
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לָמ֖וּת
mûwth
H4191
to die
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
לֶ֨חֶם֙
lechem
H3899
bread
וְאֵ֣ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
מַ֔יִם
mayim
H4325
water
וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ
nephesh
H5315
soul
קָ֔צָה
qûwts
H6973
to abhor
בַּלֶּ֖חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
הַקְּלֹקֵֽל
qᵉlôqêl
H7052
contemptible
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World English Bible Public Domain
The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread and there is no water, and our soul loathes the worthless bread.”
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