^2 (A)And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

²⁴ And the people ^(A)complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”

Complaints of the People

⁴¹ On the next day ^(A)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”

Apostates Predicted

¹⁶ These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they ^(A)mouth great swelling words, ^(B)flattering people to gain advantage.

¹⁴ Do all things ^(A)without ^[a]complaining and ^(B)disputing,^{[b] 15} that you may become blameless and ^[c]harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as ^(C)lights in the world,

¹⁰ nor complain, as ^(A)some of them also complained, and ^(B)were destroyed by ^(C)the destroyer.

³ And the people thirsted there for water, and the people ^(A)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our ^(B)livestock with thirst?”

⁸ And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, ^(A)“It is better for me to die than to live.”

^3 (A)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for ^(B)it is better for me to die than to live!”