| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ex 14:12 | Strong Concordance | Is not this the word [01697] that we did tell [01696] thee in Egypt [04714], saying [0559], Let us alone [02308], that we may serve [05647] the Egyptians [04714]? For it had been better [02896] for us to serve [05647] the Egyptians [04714], than that we should die [04191] in the wilderness [04057]. |
| King James | 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Let us alone - This is a gross exaggeration, yet not without a semblance of truth: for although the Israelites welcomed the message of Moses at first, they gave way completely at the first serious trial. See the reference in the margin. The whole passage foreshadows the conduct of the people in the wilderness. |