Exodus 17:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 17:4

2 ^aTherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.” So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you ^btempt the Lord?”

3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people ^acomplained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our ^blivestock with thirst?”

4 So Moses ^acried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to ^bstone me!”

5 And the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which ^byou struck the river, and go.

6 ^aBehold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

7 So he called the name of the place ^aMassah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they³ tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

Victory over the Amalekites

8 ^aNow Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 17:4

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American Standard Version
And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

Amplified® Bible
So Moses cried to the Lord, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

Contemporary English Version
Then Moses prayed to the LORD, "What am I going to do with these people? They are about to stone me to death!"

Darby English Version
And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me!

Good News Bible
Moses prayed earnestly to the LORD and said, "What can I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."

King James Version
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me."

New International Version
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."

New King James Version
So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me."

Revised Standard Version
So Moses cried to the LORD, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, `What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.'

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