Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey.
New American Standard Bible
The house of
King James Version
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Holman Bible
The house of Israel named the substance manna.
International Standard Version
The Israelis named it "manna". It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey.
A Conservative Version
And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna. And it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers with honey.
American Standard Version
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Amplified
The house of Israel called the bread manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like flat pastry (wafers) made with honey.
Bible in Basic English
And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
Darby Translation
And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.
Julia Smith Translation
And the house of Israel will call its name portion: as the seed of coriander, white, and its taste as a flat cake with honey.
King James 2000
And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the house of Israel called its name "manna." And it [was] like coriander seed, white, and its taste [was] like a wafer with honey.
Modern King James verseion
And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna. And it was like coriander seed, white. And the taste of it was like wafers with honey.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the house of Israel called it Manna. And it was like unto Coriander seed and white, and the taste of it was like unto wafers made with honey.
New Heart English Bible
The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
The Emphasized Bible
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna, - and the same, was like coriander seed white, and the taste thereof, like flat-cake with honey,
Webster
And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
World English Bible
The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it is as coriander seed, white; and its taste is as a cake with honey.
Themes
Blessing » Temporal » From God » israelites » Supplying » Manna
Bread » Was formed into » Wafers
journey of israel through the Desert » Through the wilderness of sin » Manna sent
Honey » Was eaten » Mixed with flour
Israel » Provision » Manna » Quail
Manna » Described as » Like coriander seed
Manna » Described as » Like in taste to wafers made with honey
Miracles » Catalogue of » Manna
Sin (place) » Desert of, a wilderness between elim and sinai » Manna and quail given in
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 16:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Provides Food In The Desert
30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. 32 Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it to be kept for generations to come, so that they may see the food I fed you in the desert when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.'"
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Cross References
Exodus 16:15
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.
Numbers 11:6-9
But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!"
Song of Songs 2:3
The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.