Numbers 20:3
Numbers 20:2-5 The Message (MSG)
There was no water there for the community, so they ganged up on Moses and Aaron. They attacked Moses: “We wish we’d died when the rest of our brothers died before GOD. Why did you haul this congregation of GOD out here into this wilderness to die, people and cattle alike? And why did you take us out of Egypt in the first place, dragging us into this miserable country? No grain, no figs, no grapevines, no pomegranates—and now not even any water!”
Numbers 20:3 King James Version (KJV)
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Numbers 20:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!
Numbers 20:3 New Century Version (NCV)
They argued with Moses and said, “We should have died in front of the LORD as our brothers did.
Numbers 20:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
Numbers 20:3 New International Version (NIV)
They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!
Numbers 20:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Numbers 20:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The people contended with Moses, and said, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished [in the plague] before the LORD! [Num 16:49]