Exodus 17:2-4

Living Bible

² So once more the people growled and complained to Moses. “Give us water!” they wailed.

“Quiet!” Moses commanded. “Are you trying to test God’s patience with you?”

³ But, tormented by thirst, they cried out, “Why did you ever take us out of Egypt? Why did you bring us here to die, with our children and cattle too?”

⁴ Then Moses pleaded with Jehovah. “What shall I do? For they are almost ready to stone me.”