New English Translation
Exodus 17:4
4Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What will I do with this people? – a little more and they will stone me!”
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
2So the people contended with Moses, and they said, “Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt – to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?” Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What will I do with this people? – a little more and they will stone me!” 5The Lord said to Moses, “Go over before the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go. 6I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel.
Read all of Exodus 17Exodus 17:4 word by word
וַיִּצְעַ֤ק מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה ע֥וֹד מְעַ֖ט וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 17:4
- Exodus 14:15The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
- Exodus 15:25He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them.
- Numbers 11:11And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?
- Numbers 14:10However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 16:19When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.
- 1 Samuel 30:6David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.
- John 8:59Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.
- John 10:31The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
- Acts 7:50Did my hand not make all these things?’
- Acts 14:19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming 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
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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
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