Deuteronomy 8:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good at your latter end;

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Who fed thee in the wilrness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    who fed{H398} thee in the wilderness{H4057} with manna,{H4478} which thy fathers{H1} knew{H3045} not; that he might humble{H6031} thee, and that he might prove{H5254} thee, to do thee good{H3190} at thy latter end:{H319}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who fed{H398}{(H8688)} thee in the wilderness{H4057} with manna{H4478}, which thy fathers{H1} knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not, that he might humble{H6031}{(H8763)} thee, and that he might prove{H5254}{(H8763)} thee, to do thee good{H3190}{(H8687)} at thy latter end{H319};

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    whiche fed the in the wildernesse with Man where of thy fathers knewe not, for to humble the and to proue the, that he might doo the good at thy later ende.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof yi fathers knewe not, that he might chasten the, and proue the) to do the good afterwarde)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Who fed thee in the wildernesse with MAN, which thy fathers knewe not) to humble thee, and and to proue thee, that he might doe thee good at thy latter ende.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He fed thee in the wyldernesse with Manna, which thy fathers knewe not, euen for to humble thee, and to proue thee, and that he might so do thee good at thy latter ende,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    fed you in the wilderness with manna(which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 16:15 : 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
  • Jer 24:5-6 : 5 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. 6 For I will set My eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
  • Deut 8:3 : 3 And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
  • Lam 3:26-33 : 26 It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. 28 He sits alone and keeps silent, because He has laid it on him. 29 He puts his mouth in the dust, there may yet be hope. 30 He gives his cheek to the one who strikes him; he is filled with reproach. 31 For the Lord will not cast off forever: 32 But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. 33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 8:2-5
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    85%

    2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

    3 And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.

    4 Your clothing did not wear out upon you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

    5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Deut 8:14-15
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    82%

    14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

    15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you water out of the rock of flint;

  • Deut 1:31
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    31 And in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.

  • Neh 9:15
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    15 You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they would go in to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

  • Deut 2:7
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    7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands; He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

  • Deut 8:17-18
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    17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

    18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

  • Heb 3:9
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    9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.

  • Neh 9:20-21
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    75%

    20 You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

    21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

  • Exod 16:32
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    32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commands: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • John 6:31
    74%

    31 Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

  • Deut 1:33
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    33 Who went in the way before you, to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, in fire by night to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Exod 16:3-4
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    3 And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

    4 Then the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain amount every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

  • Hos 13:5
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    5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

  • Deut 11:5
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    5 And what He did for you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;

  • Deut 8:9-10
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    9 A land where you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

    10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

  • Ps 95:9
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    9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

  • Exod 16:15
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    15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

  • Deut 29:5-6
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    5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your shoes have not worn out upon your feet.

    6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:34
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    34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Jer 2:6
    73%

    6 Neither did they say, Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no one lived?

  • Num 32:8
    73%

    8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

  • Acts 13:18
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    18 And for about forty years he cared for them in the wilderness.

  • John 6:49
    72%

    49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

  • Exod 16:12
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    12 I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:36
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    36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

  • Exod 16:35
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    35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

  • Deut 6:11
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    11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;

  • Deut 32:13
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    13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Judg 3:4
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    4 And they were left to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the LORD, which He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

  • Ps 78:24
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    24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven.

  • Deut 9:7
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    7 Remember, and do not forget, how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you departed out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

  • Deut 6:16
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    16 You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

  • Exod 16:8
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    8 And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against him: and what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against the LORD.

  • Deut 29:16
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    16 (For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;

  • Deut 11:9
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    9 And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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    2 And know this day: for I speak not with your children who have not known or seen the discipline of the LORD your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,

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    19 The great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD your God brought you out: so shall the LORD your God do to all the people of whom you are afraid.

  • Deut 4:20
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    20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.

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    38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

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    6 Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who has bought you? Has he not made you, and established you?

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    17 Have you not brought this upon yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you in the way?