Numbers 20:5
ContextNET © | Why 1 have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to 2 this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!” |
NIV © | Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!" |
NASB © | "Why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us in to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink." |
NLT © | Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, figs, grapes, or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!" |
MSG © | 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!" |
BBE © | Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking. |
NRSV © | Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to bring us to this wretched place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; and there is no water to drink." |
NKJV © | "And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink." |
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NET © [draft] ITL | Why <04100> have you brought us up <05927> from Egypt <04714> only to bring <0935> us <0413> to this <02088> dreadful <07451> place <04725> ? It is no <03808> place <04725> for grain <02233> , or figs <08384> , or vines <01612> , or pomegranates <07416> ; nor is there <0369> any water <04325> to drink !”<08354> |
NET © | Why 1 have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to 2 this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!” |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and why.” 2 tn Here also the infinitive construct (Hiphil) forms the subordinate clause of the preceding interrogative clause. |