Exodus 16:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} saw{H7200} it, they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} What is it?{H4478} for they knew{H3045} not what it was. And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto them, It is the bread{H3899} which Jehovah{H3068} hath given{H5414} you to eat.{H402}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it, they said{H559}{(H8799)} one{H376} to another{H251}, It is manna{H4478}: for they wist{H3045}{(H8804)} not what it was. And Moses{H4872} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, This is the bread{H3899} which the LORD{H3068} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} you to eat{H402}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    when the childre of Israel sawe it, they sayde one to another: what is this? for they wist not what it was And Moses sayde: this is the breed which the Lorde hath geue you to eate.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan the children of Israel sawe it, they saide one to another: This is Ma. For they wyst not what it was. But Moses sayde vnto them: It is the bred that ye LORDE hath geue you to eate.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when the children of Israel sawe it, they sayde one to another, It is MAN, for they wist not what it was; Moses sayd vnto them, This is the breade which the Lorde hath giuen you to eate.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said euery one to his neighbour, it is Manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moyses said vnto the: This is the bread whiche the Lorde hath geuen you to eate.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the sons of Israel see, and say one unto another, `What `is' it?' for they have not known what it `is'; and Moses saith unto them, `It `is' the bread which Jehovah hath given to you for food.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another,“What is it?” because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them,“It is the bread that the LORD has given you for food.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 16:4 : 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.
  • Exod 16:31 : 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.
  • 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.
  • John 6:31-32 : 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.
  • John 6:58 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 10:3 : 3 And all ate the same spiritual food;
  • Josh 5:12 : 12 And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten of the old grain of the land; neither did the children of Israel have manna any more, but they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan that year.
  • Neh 9:15 : 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.
  • Neh 9:20 : 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.
  • Prov 9:5 : 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
  • Luke 12:30 : 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you need these things.
  • Exod 16:33 : 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.
  • Num 21:5 : 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.
  • Heb 9:4 : 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant covered all around with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the hidden manna to eat, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.
  • John 6:49 : 49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
  • Deut 8:16 : 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;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 16:30-33
    4 verses
    86%

    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.

  • Exod 16:16-25
    10 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Exod 16:11-14
    4 verses
    83%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    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.

  • Exod 16:35-36
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

    36 Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.

  • Exod 16:3-8
    6 verses
    81%

    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.

    5 And 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.

    6 And 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.

    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.

  • John 6:31-33
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Num 11:6-9
    4 verses
    79%

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

    7 And the manna was like coriander seed, and its color was like the color of bdellium.

    8 The people went about and gathered it, ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of fresh oil.

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

  • Ps 78:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Josh 5:12
    76%

    12 And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten of the old grain of the land; neither did the children of Israel have manna any more, but they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan that year.

  • Num 21:5
    76%

    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.

  • Deut 8:3
    74%

    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.

  • John 6:49-50
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 105:40
    74%

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

  • Neh 9:15
    73%

    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.

  • Num 11:18
    73%

    18 And 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.

  • Deut 8:16
    73%

    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;

  • John 6:58
    73%

    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.

  • Num 11:21
    72%

    21 And 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.

  • Num 15:19
    72%

    19 Then it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a heave offering to the LORD.