Exodus 15:24
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Exodus 15:24 in other translations
| BSB | So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” |
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| WEB | The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” |
| ASV | And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? |
| YLT | And the people murmur against Moses, saying, ‘What do we drink?' |
| DARBY | And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? |
| BBE | And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink? |
| Webster | And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? |
What does Exodus 15:24 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 15:22-27
In the wilderness of Shur the Israelites had no water. At Marah they had water, but it was bitter; so that they could not drink it. God can make bitter to us that from which we promise ourselves most, and often does so in the wilderness of this world, that our wants, and disappointments in the creature, may drive us to the Creator, in whose favour alone true comfort is to be had. In this distress the people fretted…
Exodus 15:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 15:24
- Exodus 16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
- Numbers 20:2-5
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
- Exodus 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- Psalms 78:19-20
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
- Numbers 14:1-4
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- Exodus 17:3-4
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
- Numbers 11:1-6
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? …
- Numbers 17:10
And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
- Numbers 16:11
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
- Jude 1:16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Philippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
- Numbers 21:5
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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Context
- Exodus 15:23
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- Exodus 15:24
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
- Exodus 15:25
And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exodus 15:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces el pueblo murmuró contra Moisés, y dijo: ¿Qué hemos de beber? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le peuple murmura contre Moïse, disant: Que boirons-nous? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Volk murrte wider Mose und sprach: Was sollen wir trinken? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et murmuravit populus contra Moysen, dicens: Quid bibemus? |