Exodus 17:2
So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the Lord?”
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the people
- Exodus 5:21; Exodus 14:11, 12; Exodus 15:24; Exodus 16:2, 3; Numbers 11:4–6; Numbers 14:2; Numbers 20:3–5; Numbers 21:5
- Give us
- Genesis 30:1, 2; 1 Samuel 8:6; Luke 15:12
- wherefore
- Exodus 17:7; Exodus 16:2; Numbers 14:22; Deuteronomy 6:16; Psalm 78:18, 41, 56; Psalm 95:9; Psalm 106:14; Isaiah 7:12; Malachi 3:15; Matthew 4:7; Matthew 16:1–3; Luke 4:12; Acts 5:9; Acts 15:10; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Hebrews 3:9