Deuteronomy 8:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he humbled{H6031} thee, and suffered thee to hunger,{H7456} and fed{H398} thee with manna,{H4478} which thou knewest{H3045} not, neither did thy fathers{H1} know;{H3045} that he might make thee know{H3045} that man{H120} doth not live{H2421} by bread{H3899} only,{H905} but by everything that proceedeth{H4161} out of the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} doth man{H120} live.{H2421}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he humbled{H6031}{(H8762)} thee, and suffered thee to hunger{H7456}{(H8686)}, and fed{H398}{(H8686)} thee with manna{H4478}, which thou knewest{H3045}{(H8804)} not, neither did thy fathers{H1} know{H3045}{(H8804)}; that he might make thee know{H3045}{(H8687)} that man{H120} doth not live{H2421}{(H8799)} by bread{H3899} only{H905}, but by every word that proceedeth{H4161} out of the mouth{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} doth man{H120} live{H2421}{(H8799)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    He humbled the and made the hongre and fed the with man which nether thou nor thy father knewe of. to make the know that a man must not lyue by bred only: but by al that procedeth out of the mouth of the Lorde must a man lyue.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He chastened the, and let the hunger, and fed the with Manna (which thou and thy fathers knewe not) to make the knowe, that man lyueth not by bred onely, but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore he humbled thee, and made thee hungry, and fed thee with MAN, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know it, that he might teache thee that man liueth not by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, doth a man liue.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, & fed thee with Manna, which neither thou nor thy fathers knewe of, to make thee knowe that a man doth not lyue by bread only: but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lorde, doth a man lyue.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the LORD’s mouth.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
  • Luke 4:4 : 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 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.
  • Ps 78:23-25 : 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the grain of heaven. 25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.' 6 So that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'
  • 1 Cor 10:3 : 3 And all ate the same spiritual food;
  • Exod 16:12-35 : 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. 13 And it came to pass that in the evening the quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. 14 And when the dew had gone up, there on the surface of the wilderness lay a small round thing, as small as the frost on the ground. 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. 16 This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: Gather of it every man according to his need, an omer for every person, according to the number of your people; each man take for those who are in his tent. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need. 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave any of it until the morning. 20 Nevertheless, they did not heed Moses; but some of them left part of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was angry with them. 21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need; and when the sun became hot, it melted. 22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said to them, This is what the LORD has said: Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil, and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until the morning. 24 So they laid it up till the morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath to the LORD: today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none. 27 And it came to pass that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers made with honey. 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. 33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna in it, and place it before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept. 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.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.
  • Ps 104:27-29 : 27 These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. 28 What You give them they gather: You open Your hand, they are filled with good. 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
  • Ps 105:40 : 40 The people asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  • Luke 12:29-30 : 29 And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you need these things.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 8:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    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;

    16 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;

  • 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

  • Deut 8:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.

    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.

  • 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

  • Deut 8:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • John 6:31-33
    3 verses
    75%

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

    32 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

    33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.

  • 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.

  • 74%

    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.

    16 This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: Gather of it every man according to his need, an omer for every person, according to the number of your people; each man take for those who are in his tent.

  • Deut 29:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 6 But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.

  • 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.

  • Deut 8:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 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.

  • John 6:49-50
    2 verses
    73%

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

    50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.

  • 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 9:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers ate manna, and are dead: he who eats of this bread shall live forever.

  • Exod 16:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 78:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

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

    25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.

  • 3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of affliction; for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

  • 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.

  • 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

  • 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.

  • 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

  • 10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

  • 9 For so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.

  • 35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

  • 22 But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the LORD said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.

  • 13 And I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat from vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant.

  • 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;

  • 20 That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.