Exodus 16:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    "I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them, 'At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.'"

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I haue herde the murmurig of the childre of Israel, tell the therfore ad saye that at eue they shall eate flesh, ad i the morninge they shall be filled with bred, ad ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre god

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I haue herde the murmuringe of ye children of Israel. Tell them: At euen shall ye haue flesh to eate, and in the mornynge shal ye be fylled with bred, & ye shall knowe, that I am the LORDE youre God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: tell them therefore, & say, At euen ye shal eate flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I haue hearde the murmuringes of the children of Israel, tell them therfore and say: at euen ye shall eate fleshe, and in the mornyng ye shalbe fylled with bread, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde your God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "I have heard the murmurings 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 Yahweh your God.'"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying, Between the evenings ye eat flesh, and in the morning ye are satisfied `with' bread, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah your God.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "I have heard the murmurings 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 Yahweh your God.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them,‘During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 6:7 : 7 And I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Joel 3:17 : 17 So shall you know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and strangers shall no longer pass through her.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
  • Exod 4:5 : 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
  • Exod 7:17 : 17 Thus says the LORD, By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
  • Exod 16:7-8 : 7 And in the morning, you shall see the glory of the LORD; for he hears your complaints against the LORD: and what are we, that you complain against us? 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.
  • Jer 31:24 : 24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers, and those who go forth with flocks.
  • Ezek 34:30 : 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 39:22 : 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day forward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Exod 16:2-9
    8 verses
    83%

    2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

    3And 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.

    4Then 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.

    5And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

    6And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt.

    7And in the morning, you shall see the glory of the LORD; for he hears your complaints against the LORD: and what are we, that you complain against us?

    8And 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.

    9And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD, for he has heard your complaints.

  • Exod 16:11
    82%

    11And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 11:18
    81%

    18And say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us meat to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat.

  • Exod 16:13
    78%

    13And 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.

  • Exod 16:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15And 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.

    16This 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.

  • Exod 16:32
    76%

    32And 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.

  • Num 11:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.

    22Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

  • Num 11:13
    76%

    13Where should I have meat to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us meat, that we may eat.

  • Num 14:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

    28Say to them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

  • Num 11:4
    72%

    4And the mixed multitude that was among them fell to lusting, and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us meat to eat?

  • Exod 16:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

    22And 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.

    23And 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.

  • Deut 8:16
    72%

    16Who 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;

  • Deut 8:3
    71%

    3And 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.

  • Num 11:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves all around the camp.

    33And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • Ezek 16:19
    71%

    19My food also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set it before them for a sweet aroma; and thus it was, says the Lord GOD.

  • Exod 16:25
    71%

    25And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath to the LORD: today you will not find it in the field.

  • Deut 29:6
    71%

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

  • Exod 16:35
    71%

    35And 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.

  • Neh 9:15
    71%

    15You 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.

  • Ezek 4:13
    71%

    13And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.

  • Ps 105:40
    71%

    40The people asked, and he brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

  • Num 21:5
    70%

    5And 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.

  • Lev 18:2
    70%

    2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 11:15
    70%

    15And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full.

  • Num 15:18
    70%

    18Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land where I bring you,

  • Deut 16:7
    70%

    7And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall return in the morning, and go to your tents.

  • Num 11:1
    70%

    1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; and the LORD heard it; and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed those who were in the outermost parts of the camp.

  • Num 11:9
    70%

    9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

  • Ps 78:29
    70%

    29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

  • Lev 22:30
    69%

    30On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until the morning: I am the LORD.

  • Num 16:41
    69%

    41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the LORD.

  • Num 14:13
    69%

    13And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

  • Ps 78:24
    69%

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