Exodus 14:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

ASV Byzantine Text

Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Asang Khongca Bible

Izip prae ah, Na caeh o taak ah, kaicae loe Izip kaminawk ih tok to ka sak pae o halat han boeh, tiah kang thuih o na ai maw? Praezaek ah ka duek o pongah loe, Izip kaminawk ih toksak to kaicae han hoih kue, tiah a naa o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Egypt ah nang hma kan thui uh te ol pawt nim. Kaimih he tamah laeh saeh ka ti. Egypt taengah thotat palueng sih, khosoek kah duek lakah Egypt taengah thohtat he kaimih ham then ngai,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Egypt ah nang hma kan thui uh te ol pawt nim. Kaimih he tamah laeh saeh ka ti. Egypt taengah thotat palueng sih, khosoek kah duek lakah Egypt taengah thohtat he kaimih ham then ngai,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Aole anei keia o ka olelo a makou i hai aku ai ia oe ma Aigupita, i ka i ana aku, E waiho pela ia makou, i hookauwa aku ai makou na ko Aigupita? No ka mea, he mea maikai no makou ke hookauwa aku na ko Aigupita, aole hoi e make ma ka waonahele.

English Berean Standard Bible

Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Eske nou pa t' di ou sa lè nou te Lejip toujou? Nou te di ou: Kite nou travay pou moun peyi Lejip yo, pa vre! Pito nou travay pou moun peyi Lejip yo pase pou nou mouri nan dezè a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

nonne iste est sermo, quem loquebamur ad te in Ægypto, dicentes: Recede a nobis, ut serviamus Ægyptiis? multo enim melius erat servire eis, quam mori in solitudine.

Bible in Basic English

Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

N’est-ce pas ici la parole que nous te disions en Égypte, disant : Laisse-nous, et nous servirons les Égyptiens ? Car il nous vaut mieux servir les Égyptiens que de mourir dans le désert.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Zdali jsme toho nemluvili tobě ještě v Egyptě, řkouce: Nech nás, ať sloužíme Egyptským? Nebo lépe bylo nám sloužiti Egyptským, než zemříti na poušti.

Kosraean Bible

Ya kut tuh tia fahk nu sum meet liki kut mukuiyak ah lah ma inge ac mau sikyak? Kut tuh fahk kom in tia nunku kacsr — mansis kut in mwet kohs na nu sin mwet Egypt. Ac wona kut in mwet kohs we liki na in misa inge yen mwesis uh.”

World Portuguese Bible

Não é esta a palavra que lhe falamos no Egito, dizendo: ‘Deixe-nos em paz, para que sirvamos aos egípcios’? Pois teria sido melhor para nós servirmos aos egípcios do que morrermos no deserto.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Nu este acesta cuvântul pe care ți l-am spus în Egipt, zicând: Lasă-ne în pace, să servim egiptenilor? Pentru că ar fi fost mai bine să servim egiptenilor, decât să murim în pustie.

Brenton English Septuagint

Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့​သည်​ထွက်​မ​လာ​မီ​က ဤ​ကဲ့ သို့​ဖြစ်​မည်​ဟု​ပြော​ခဲ့​သည်​မ​ဟုတ်​ပါ​လော။ အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့​က`အီ​ဂျစ်​အ​မျိုး​သား​တို့​ထံ​၌ ကျွန်​ခံ​မြဲ​ကျွန်​ခံ​နေ​ပါ​ရ​စေ' ဟု​ပြော​ပါ သည်။ ဤ​တော​ကန္တာ​ရ​ထဲ​၌​သေ​ရ​သည်​ထက် ကျွန်​ခံ​နေ​ရ​ခြင်း​က​သာ​၍​ကောင်း​ပါ​သည်'' ဟု​ပြော​လေ​၏။

Darby Translation

Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Ist dies nicht das Wort, das wir in Ägypten zu dir geredet haben, indem wir sprachen: Laß ab von uns, daß wir den Ägyptern dienen? Denn besser wäre es uns, den Ägyptern zu dienen, als in der Wüste zu sterben.

Dutch Bible 1917

Is dit niet het woord, dat wij in Egypte tot u spraken, zeggende: Houd af van ons, en laat ons de Egyptenaren dienen? Want het ware ons beter geweest de Egyptenaren te dienen, dan in deze woestijn te sterven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Hebben we u al niet in Egypte gezegd: Laat ons met rust! We willen de Egyptenaren blijven dienen; want het is beter, de Egyptenaren te dienen, dan te sterven in de woestijn.

Italian Diodati Bible

Non è egli ciò che noi ti dicevamo in Egitto, dicendo: Lasciaci stare, che serviamo agli Egizj? perciocchè meglio era per noi di servire agli Egizj, che di morir nel deserto .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Is not this the word that we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying: Depart from us that we may serve the Egyptians? for it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Did not wee tell thee this thing in Egypt, saying, Let vs be in rest, that we may serue the Egyptians? for it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that wee shoulde dye in the wildernesse.

Danish Bible 1931

Var det ikke det, vi sagde til dig i Ægypten: Lad os i Fred, og lad os blive ved at trælle for Ægypterne! Thi det er bedre for os at trælle for Ægypterne end at dø i Ørkenen.”

Leeser Tanakh

Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying: Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.'

King James Version

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Chúng tôi há chẳng có nói cùng người tại xứ Ê-díp-tô rằng: Để mặc chúng tôi phục dịch dân Ê-díp-tô, vì thà rằng phục dịch họ còn hơn phải chết nơi đồng vắng?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Revised West Version

‌ʻIkai ko e lea eni naʻa mau tala kiate koe ʻi ʻIsipite, ʻo pehē, Tuku ai pe ʻakimautolu, koeʻuhi ke mau tauhi ʻae kakai ʻIsipite? He tā ne lelei lahi ʻemau tauhi ʻae kakai ʻIsipite, ʻi heʻemau mate ʻi he toafa.”

French Ostervald Bible

N'est-ce pas ce que nous te disions en Égypte: Laisse-nous servir les Égyptiens; car il nous vaut mieux servir les Égyptiens, que de mourir au désert?

Esperanto Bible

Tion ni diris ja al vi en Egiptujo: Lasu nin, kaj ni servu la Egiptojn; ĉar pli bone estus por ni servi la Egiptojn, ol morti en la dezerto.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

N’est-ce pas là ce que nous te disions en Égypte: Laisse-nous servir les Égyptiens, car nous aimons mieux servir les Égyptiens que de mourir au désert?

German Luther Bible 1912

Ist's nicht das, das wir dir sagten in Ägypten: Höre auf und laß uns den Ägyptern dienen? Denn es wäre uns ja besser den Ägyptern dienen als in der Wüste sterben.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Is not this the word which we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

British English Septuagint 2012

Is not this the word which we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

Majority Standard BIble

Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Webster Bible

Is not this the word that we told thee in Egypt, Saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Revised Version

Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Non è egli questo che ti dicevamo in Egitto: Lasciaci stare, che serviamo gli Egiziani? Poiché meglio era per noi servire gli Egiziani che morire nel deserto”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

N'est-ce pas là ce que nous te disions en Égypte : “Laisse-nous, pour que nous servions les Égyptiens” ? Car il valait mieux pour nous servir les Égyptiens que de mourir dans le désert. »

Reina Valera 1909

¿No es esto lo que te hablamos en Egipto, diciendo: Déjanos servir á los Egipcios? Que mejor nos fuera servir á los Egipcios, que morir nosotros en el desierto.

Spanish BLL

¿No te decíamos cuando estábamos allá: ‘Déjanos en paz, preferimos ser esclavos de los egipcios’? ¡Hubiera sido mejor seguir de esclavos que morir aquí en el desierto!”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿No es esto lo que te decíamos en Egipto: ‘Déjanos en paz, para que sirvamos a los egipcios’? Porque mejor nos hubiera sido servir a los egipcios que morir en el desierto”.

Croatian Bible

Zar ti nismo rekli baš ovo u Egiptu: Pusti nas! Služit ćemo Egipćane! Bolje nam je i njih služiti nego u pustinji poginuti.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Nismo li ti govorili u Misiru i rekli: Prođi nas se, neka služimo Misircima? Jer bi nam bolje bilo služiti Misircima nego izginuti u pustinji.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

Was not this the word which we spake with thee in Mizraim, saying, Let us alone, and we will serve the Mizraee? For better would it have been for us to serve the Mizraee, than to die in the wilderness.

German Textbibel

Haben wir dir nicht gerade dies schon in Ägypten vorgehalten: Laß uns in Ruhe, wir wollen den Ägyptern Sklavendienste verrichten. Denn es wäre besser für uns, den Ägyptern Sklavendienste zu verrichten, als in der Wüste umzukommen!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤יךָ בְמִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לָ֨נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

World English Bible

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World English Bible British Edition

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World English Bible Classic

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World English Bible Updated

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World Messianic Bible

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Wycliffe Bible portions

Whether this is not the word which we spaken to thee in Egipt, `and seiden, Go awei fro vs, that we serue Egipcians? for it is myche betere to serue hem, than to die in wildirnesse.

Young's Literal Translation

Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

SEPTUAGINTA

οὐ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ ρῆμα, ὃ ἐλαλήσαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, λέγοντες· πάρες ἡμᾶς, ὅπως δουλεύσωμεν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις; κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμᾶς δουλεύειν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἢ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ.

Brenton Septuagint

Οὐ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐλαλήσαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, λέγοντες, πάρες ἡμᾶς, ὅπως δουλεύσωμεν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις; κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμᾶς δουλεύειν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, ἢ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ну-ць спуням ной ын Еӂипт: ‘Ласэ-не сэ служим ка робь еӂиптенилор, кэч врем май бине сэ служим ка робь еӂиптенилор декыт сэ мурим ын пустиу’?”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Чи не те ж саме говорено тобі в Египтї: Відкажись од нас, щоб нам пробувати в неволї в Египтїя? Бо лучче нам бути в неволї, нїж помірати в степу.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Чи не те ж саме говорено тобі в Египтї: Відкажись од нас, щоб нам пробувати в неволї в Египтїя? Бо лучче нам бути в неволї, нїж помірати в степу.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Нисмо ли ти говорили у Мисиру и рекли: Прођи нас се, нека служимо Мисирцима? Јер би нам боље било служити Мисирцима него изгинути у пустињи.

Russian Synodal Bible

Не это ли самое говорили мы тебе в Египте, сказав: оставь нас, пусть мы работаем Египтянам? Ибо лучше быть нам в рабстве у Египтян, нежели умереть в пустыне.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤יךָ בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י טֹ֥וב לָ֙נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

הלא זה הדבר אשר דברנו אליך במצרים לאמר חדל ממנו ונעבדה את מצרים כי טוב לנו עבד את מצרים ממתנו במדבר׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمْنَاكَ بِهِ فِي مِصْرَ قَائِلِينَ: كُفَّ عَنَّا فَنَخْدِمَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ؟ لِأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لَنَا أَنْ نَخْدِمَ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنْ أَنْ نَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ».

Old Persion Version Bible

آیا این آن سخن نیست که به تو در مصر گفتیم که ما رابگذار تا مصریان را خدمت کنیم؟ زیرا که ما راخدمت مصریان بهتر است از مردن در صحرا!»

Judson Burmese Bible

ငါ တို့သည် အဲဂုတ္တု လူတို့ထံ၌ အစေ ကျွန်ခံနေလျက် ရှိ ကြပါစေဟု အဲဂုတ္တု ပြည်၌ ငါတို့ပြော ရာတွင်၊ ဤ အမှု ကို ရည်ဆောင်၍ ပြော သည်မဟုတ် လော။ ငါ တို့သည် ဤတော ၌ သေ ရသည်ထက် ၊ အဲဂုတ္တု လူတို့ထံ၌ အစေ ကျွန်ခံလျှင် သာ၍ ကောင်းသည်ဟု ဆို ကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

우리가 애굽에서 당신에게 고한 말이 이것이 아니뇨 ? 이르기를 우리를 버려 두라 우리가 애굽 사람을 섬길 것이라 하지 아니하더뇨 ? 애굽 사람을 섬기는 것이 광야에서 죽는 것보다 낫겠노라'

Japanese Freedom Bible

私たちがエジプトであなたに言った言葉は、これではありませんでしたか。『私たちを放っておいて、エジプト人に仕えさせなさい』と。エジプト人に仕える方が、荒野で死ぬよりも私たちには良かったのです。」

World Chinese Bible

我们在埃及不是对你说过这话吗？我们说：‘不要管我们，让我们服侍埃及人。’因为服侍埃及人，比死在旷野还好。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

我们在 埃及岂没有对你说过，不要搅扰我们，容我们服事 埃及人吗？因为服事 埃及人比死在旷野还好。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

我們在 埃及豈沒有對你說過，不要攪擾我們，容我們服事 埃及人嗎？因為服事 埃及人比死在曠野還好。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Não é isto o que te falamos no Egito, dizendo: Deixa-nos servir aos egípcios? Pois melhor nos teria sido servir aos egípcios, que morrermos no deserto.

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Mashi Bible

Ka rhurhâli rhwakubwirîre e Mîsiri, nti: Rhuleke rhukaz’ikolera Abanya-Mîsiri. Okurhumikira Abanya-Mîsiri kwo kukulu ahâli h’okufîra omu irungu.»

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Haben wir dir nicht in Ägypten schon gesagt: Laß ab von uns, daß wir den Ägyptern dienen? Denn es wäre uns ja besser, den Ägyptern zu dienen, als in der Wüste zu sterben!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

¿No te dijimos en Egipto: Seamos como nosotros, que trabajamos para los egipcios? porque es mejor ser siervos de los egipcios que venir a nuestra muerte en él desierto.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

¿No es esta la palabra que te hablamos en Egipto: Déjanos que sirvamos como esclavos a los egipcios? Porque sería mejor para nosotros servir como esclavos de los egipcios que morir en el desierto.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Is not this the very thing that we did tell thee in Mitzrayim, saying, Let us alone, that we may slave for the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to slave for the Egyptians, than that we should die in the midbar.

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