Exodus 17:4

Exodus 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Moses cried to the Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!”

Context of Exodus 17:4

2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3But the people thirsted there for water; and they grumbled against Moses and said, “Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me.” 5Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 17:4 word by word

וַיִּצְעַ֤ק מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה ע֥וֹד מְעַ֖ט וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• So Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• criedצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• out to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• shall I doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• to thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• moreעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• and they will stoneסָקַלsâqal · to stoneH5619

Cross-references for Exodus 17:4

• Exodus 14:15Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.
• Exodus 15:25Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.
• Numbers 11:11So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?
• Numbers 14:10But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.
• Numbers 16:19Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
• 1 Samuel 30:6Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
• John 8:59Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
• John 10:31The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
• Acts 7:50Was it not My hand which made all these things?’
• Acts 14:19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

Commentaries on Exodus 17:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7On the journey from the sea to Mount Sinai, God continued to care for the people's needs. During the events where he rescued them, he showed his power. Here, he showed that he cares about their basic needs.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people?--His language, instead of betraying any signs of resentment or vindictive imprecation on a people who had given him a cruel and unmerited treatment, was the expression of an anxious wish to know what was the best to be done in the circumstances (compare Mt 5:44; Ro 12:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 17:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Blessing
• Evil for Good
• Ingratitude
• Israel
• Meribah
• Persecution
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Chide
• Heavy
• Meribah
• Prevail
• Stay
• Thirst
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Intercession

Commentaries on Exodus 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings