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Unchecked Copy BoxExodus 14:12 - Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
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Translations for Exodus 14:12
KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)
“Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.”

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NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)
Didn’t we tell you this would happen while we were still in Egypt? We said, ‘Leave us alone! Let us be slaves to the Egyptians. It’s better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!’”

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NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)
Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

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ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

“Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)
“Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness!”

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NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)
“Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)
“Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than for us to die in the wilderness.”

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AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)
“Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians [as slaves] than to die in the wilderness.”

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NETNET (read chapter in NET)
Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!'"

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RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)
Is not this what we said to you in Egypt, 'Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness."

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ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)
Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)
Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

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DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)
Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

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WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)
Is not this the word that we told thee in Egypt, Saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)
Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Mitzrayim, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Mitzrim?' For it were better for us to serve the Mitzrim, than that we should die in the wilderness."

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VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)
nonne iste est sermo quem loquebamur ad te in Aegypto dicentes recede a nobis ut serviamus Aegyptiis multo enim melius est servire eis quam mori in solitudine

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NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)
أَلَمْ نَقُلْ لَكَ فِي مِصْرَ: دَعْنَا وَشَأْنَنَا فَنَخْدُمَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، إذْ كَانَ خَيْراً لَنَا أَنْ نَخْدُمَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنْ أَنْ نَمُوتَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ».

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WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)
הֲלֹא־זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבַּ֨רְנוּ אֵלֶ֤יךָ בְמִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חֲדַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה אֶת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י ט֥וֹב לָ֨נוּ֙ עֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מִמֻּתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

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LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)
οὐ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλαλήσαμεν πρὸς σὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ λέγοντες πάρες ἡμᾶς ὅπως δουλεύσωμεν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμᾶς δουλεύειν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἢ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ

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SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

أَلَيْسَ هذَا هُوَ الْكَلاَمُ الَّذِي كَلَّمْنَاكَ بِهِ فِي مِصْرَ قَائِلِينَ: كُفَّ عَنَّا فَنَخْدِمَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ؟ لأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لَنَا أَنْ نَخْدِمَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنْ أَنْ نَمُوتَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ».

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BESBES (read chapter in BES)
Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

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RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)
¿No es esto lo que te hablamos en Egipto, diciendo: Déjanos servir á los Egipcios? Que mejor nos fuera servir á los Egipcios, que morir nosotros en el desierto.

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RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)
¿No es esto lo que te hablamos en Egipto, diciendo: Déjanos servir a los egipcios? Porque mejor nos fuera servir a los egipcios, que morir nosotros en el desierto.

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BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)
Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

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CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)
我們在埃及豈沒有對你說過、不要攪擾我們、容我們服事埃及人麼、因為服事埃及人比死在曠野還好。

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EMEM (read chapter in EM)
¿No es esto lo que te hablamos en Egipto diciendo: "Déjanos solos, para que sirvamos a los egipcios"? ¡Mejor nos habría sido servir a los egipcios que morir en el desierto!

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KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)
우리가 애굽에서 당신에게 고한 말이 이것이 아니뇨 이르기를 우리를 버려두라 우리가 애굽 사람을 섬길 것이라 하지 아니하더뇨 애굽 사람을 섬기는 것이 광야에서 죽는 것보다 낫겠노라

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LSLS (read chapter in LS)
N'est-ce pas là ce que nous te disions en Égypte: Laisse-nous servir les Égyptiens, car nous aimons mieux servir les Égyptiens que de mourir au désert?

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LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)
Ist's nicht das, das wir dir sagten in Ägypten: Höre auf und laß uns den Ägyptern dienen? Denn es wäre uns ja besser den Ägyptern dienen als in der Wüste sterben.

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RSTRST (read chapter in RST)
Не это ли самое говорили мы тебе в Египте, сказав: оставь нас, пусть мы работаем Египтянам? Ибо лучше быть нам в рабстве у Египтян, нежели умереть в пустыне.

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SESE (read chapter in SE)
¿No es esto lo que te hablamos en Egipto, diciendo: Déjanos servir a los egipcios? Que mejor nos fuera servir a los egipcios, que morir nosotros en el desierto.

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