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Ex. 16:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, whenc we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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Num. 11:4‑5• ⁴And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
⁵We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Num. 11:4‑5)

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Num. 20:3‑5• ³And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
⁴And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
⁵And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink. (Num. 20:3‑5)

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Deut. 28:67• ⁶⁷In the morning thou shalt say, Would that it were even! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would that it were morning! through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (Deut. 28:67)

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Josh. 7:7• ⁷And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan! (Josh. 7:7)

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2 Sam. 18:33• ³³And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son! (2 Sam. 18:33)

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Lam. 4:9• ⁹The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. (Lam. 4:9)

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Acts 26:29• ²⁹And Paul said, I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as *I* also am, except these bonds. (Acts 26:29)

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1 Cor. 4:8• ⁸Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that *we* also might reign with you. (1 Cor. 4:8)

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2 Cor. 11:1• ¹Would that ye would bear with me in a little folly; but indeed bear with me. (2 Cor. 11:1)

we had.

Num. 11:15• ¹⁵And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness. (Num. 11:15)

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Num. 14:2• ²And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died! (Num. 14:2)

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Job 3:1,10,20• ¹After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
¹⁰Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.
²⁰Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul, (Job 3:1,10,20)

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Jer. 20:14‑18• ¹⁴Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
¹⁵Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
¹⁶And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,
¹⁷because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great with me!
¹⁸Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame? (Jer. 20:14‑18)

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Jonah 4:8‑9• ⁸And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
⁹And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death. (Jonah 4:8‑9)

flesh.

Ex. 2:23• ²³And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage; (Ex. 2:23)

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Num. 11:4‑5• ⁴And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
⁵We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Num. 11:4‑5)

to kill.

Ex. 5:21• ²¹And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us! (Ex. 5:21)

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Ex. 17:3• ³And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? (Ex. 17:3)

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Num. 16:13,41• ¹³Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?
⁴¹And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah. (Num. 16:13,41)

hunger.

Deut. 8:3• ³And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live. (Deut. 8:3)

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Jer. 2:6• ⁶And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth? (Jer. 2:6)

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Lam. 4:9• ⁹The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. (Lam. 4:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!