• Exodus 14:12
    The Bible in Living English

    • 12 Is not this the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let the matter drop and let us stay slaves to the Egyptians, because we are better off as slaves to the Egyptians than dying in the wilderness’?”

  • Exodus 14:12
    American Standard Version

    • 12 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.

  • Exodus 14:12
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 12 Is not this the word which we spake unto 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 the desert?

  • Exodus 14:12
    King James Version

    • 12 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.