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They are almost ready to stone me.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses cried to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “What am I to do with this people? A little more and they will stone me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, &#8220What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Moses cried out to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the LORD, &#8220What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then Moses prayed to the LORD, "What am I going to do with these people? They are about to stone me to death!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, "What should I do with these people? They're almost ready to stone me!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Moses prayed earnestly to the LORD and said, "What can I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD: "What am I to do with these people? Just a little more and they'll stone me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the LORD, ?What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "What will I do with this people?--a little more and they will stone me!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses cried to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they are almost ready to stone me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses cries to YHWH, saying, “What do I do to this people? Yet a little, and they have stoned me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, 'What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses will cry to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little and they will stone me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying: “What shall I do with this people? A little while more and they will stone me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? A little more and they will stone me!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses cried out to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses prayed to the LORD, saying. What shall I do with this people? They were almost ready to stone me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe prayed before LORD JEHOVAH and he said, “What shall I do for this people, for in a little bit they will stone me?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/17-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4332" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/17.htm">Water from the Rock</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Then Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/6817.htm" title="6817: way·yiṣ·‘aq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; to proclaim.">cried out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“What</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ’e·‘ĕ·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">should I do</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">with these</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lā·‘ām (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">A little more</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: mə·‘aṭ (Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5619.htm" title="5619: ū·sə·qā·lu·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp:: 1cs2) -- To stone, put to death by stoning. A primitive root; properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary.">and they will stone me!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-3.htm">Numbers 20:3-5</a></span><br />The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! / Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? / Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-2.htm">Numbers 14:2-4</a></span><br />All the Israelites grumbled 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! / Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” / So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-26.htm">Deuteronomy 1:26-28</a></span><br />But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. / You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. / Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Psalm 106:32-33</a></span><br />At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. / For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Numbers 11:11-15</a></span><br />So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? / Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers? / Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-41.htm">Numbers 16:41</a></span><br />The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Numbers 21:5</a></span><br />and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-22.htm">Deuteronomy 9:22-24</a></span><br />You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah. / And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him. / You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-19.htm">Psalm 78:19-20</a></span><br />They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></span><br />But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-17.htm">Matthew 17:17</a></span><br />“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41-43</a></span><br />At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” / They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’” / “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:10</a></span><br />And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they be almost ready to stone me.</p><p class="hdg">cried</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-15.htm">Exodus 14:15</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a></b></br> And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, <i>which</i> when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Numbers 11:11</a></b></br> And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?</p><p class="hdg">almost</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Numbers 14:10</a></b></br> But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/16-19.htm">Numbers 16:19</a></b></br> And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/30-6.htm">1 Samuel 30:6</a></b></br> And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-31.htm">Almost</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/genesis/27-34.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/exodus/16-7.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/16-18.htm">Little</a> <a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/16-5.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/exodus/15-16.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Stoning</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/10-20.htm">Almost</a> <a href="/numbers/11-2.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/exodus/22-27.htm">Crieth</a> <a href="/exodus/32-18.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/23-30.htm">Little</a> <a href="/exodus/17-5.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/19-11.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/exodus/17-12.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Stoning</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">The people murmur for water to Rephidim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">God send them for water to the rock in Horeb</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">The place is called Massah and Meribah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hand</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar Jehovah-nissi</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Moses cried out to the LORD</b><br>Moses, as the leader of the Israelites, often found himself in situations where he needed divine guidance. This phrase highlights Moses' dependence on God, a recurring theme throughout the Exodus narrative. The act of crying out signifies a deep, urgent plea for help, reflecting Moses' role as an intercessor for the people. This is consistent with other instances where leaders in the Bible seek God's intervention, such as David in the Psalms.<p><b>“What should I do with these people?</b><br>This question underscores the tension between Moses and the Israelites. The phrase "these people" indicates a sense of frustration and distance, as Moses grapples with their repeated complaints and lack of faith. Historically, the Israelites' journey through the wilderness was marked by frequent grumbling, as seen in previous chapters. This reflects the broader theme of human disobedience and the challenge of leadership in guiding a rebellious people.<p><b>A little more and they will stone me!”</b><br>Stoning was a common form of execution in ancient Israel, reserved for serious offenses. Moses' fear of being stoned indicates the severity of the people's anger and their potential for violence. This reflects the cultural and historical context of the time, where leaders could face dire consequences if they failed to meet the expectations of the people. The threat of stoning also foreshadows the rejection and suffering of future leaders, including Jesus Christ, who faced hostility from those He came to save.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. In this verse, Moses is in a position of desperation and fear due to the people's complaints.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who Moses cries out to for guidance and help in the face of the people's rebellion.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who are journeying from Egypt to the Promised Land. They are grumbling against Moses due to a lack of water.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/rephidim.htm">Rephidim</a></b><br>The location where the Israelites camped and where this event takes place. It is significant as a place of testing and God's provision.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_threat_of_stoning.htm">The Threat of Stoning</a></b><br>Represents the severe discontent and rebellion of the people against Moses, highlighting the gravity of the situation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_in_leadership.htm">Dependence on God in Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' cry to the LORD demonstrates the importance of seeking God's guidance in times of crisis. Leaders today can learn to rely on God rather than their own understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_grumbling.htm">The Danger of Grumbling</a></b><br>The Israelites' complaints show a lack of faith and gratitude. Believers are called to trust in God's provision and timing, avoiding a spirit of grumbling.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_testing.htm">God's Faithfulness in Testing</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' rebellion, God provides for their needs. This teaches us about God's patience and faithfulness even when we falter.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_intercession.htm">The Role of Intercession</a></b><br>Moses intercedes for the people, pointing to the importance of prayer and intercession for others, especially in times of conflict or need.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_patmos_in_the_bible.htm">What occurred at Meribah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_you_find_peace_and_remain_still.htm">What did the Ark of the Covenant contain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_beliefs_define_eastern_religions.htm">When was Exodus written?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_mention_god's_sanctuary.htm">(Psalm 26:8) How can David refer to God's sanctuary when the temple was not yet built in his lifetime?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">They be almost ready to stone me.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">Yet a little and they will stone </span>me. On tumultuary stoning, see the second Note on <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm" title="And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: see, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?">Exodus 8:26</a>.<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Moses cried unto the Lord.</span> It is one of the most prominent traits of the character of Moses, that, at the occurrence of a difficulty, he always carries it straight to God. (See <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a>; <a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Exodus 24:15</a>; <a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">Exodus 32:30</a>; <a href="/exodus/33-8.htm">Exodus 33:8</a>; <a href="/numbers/11-2.htm">Numbers 11:2, 11</a>; <a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Numbers 12:11</a>; <a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Numbers 14:13-19</a>, etc.) <span class="cmt_word">They</span> <span class="cmt_word">be almost ready to stone me.</span> This is the first which we hear of <span class="accented">stoning</span> as a punishment. It is <span class="accented">naturally</span> one of the easiest modes of wreaking popular vengeance on an obnoxious individual, and was known to the Greeks as early as the time of the Persian war (Herod. 9:5), to the Macedonians (Q. Curt. Vit. Alex. 6:11, 38), and others. There is, however, no trace of it among the Egyptians. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/17-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁה֙</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cried out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּצְעַ֤ק</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṣ·‘aq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6817.htm">Strong's 6817: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to proclaim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“What</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">should I do</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with these</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people?</span><br /><span class="heb">לָעָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">A little more</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֥וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they will stone me!”</span><br /><span class="heb">וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·sə·qā·lu·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5619.htm">Strong's 5619: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stone, put to death by stoning</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/17-4.htm">OT Law: Exodus 17:4 Moses cried to Yahweh saying What shall (Exo. 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