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Exodus 17:4

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17:4Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What will I do with14 this people?—a little more15 and they will stone me!”16

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The preposition lamed (ל) is here specification, meaning “with respect to” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 49, §273).
  2. 15 Or “they are almost ready to stone me.”
  3. 16 The perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive almost develops an independent force; this is true in sentences where it follows an expression of time, as here (see §112.x).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Moses cried out to Yahweh, saying, “What will I do with this people? A little longer and they will stone me.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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