Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.

King James Version

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

Holman Bible

The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.

International Standard Version

Now manna was reminiscent of coriander seed, with an appearance similar to amber.

A Conservative Version

And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance of it as the appearance of bdellium.

American Standard Version

And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

Amplified

The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.

Bible in Basic English

Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.

Darby Translation

And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.

Julia Smith Translation

And the manna it as the seed of coriander, and its eye as the eye of bdellium.

King James 2000

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the manna [was] like coriander seed, and its outward appearance was like that of bdellium-gum.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The Manna was as it had been coriander seed, and to see to like bdellium.

NET Bible

(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.

New Heart English Bible

The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, the manna, was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof like the appearance of bdellium,

Webster

And the manna was as coriander-seed, and the color of it as the color of bdellium.

World English Bible

The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the manna
מן 
man 
Usage: 14

גּד 
Gad 
Usage: 2

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

and the colour
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

thereof as the colour
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

Context Readings

Complaints About Food

6 Now we have lost our appetite! Everywhere we look there is nothing but manna! 7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. 8 The people would gather it and then grind it in a hand mill or crush it in a mortar. They would cook it in a pot or make round loaves of bread out of it. It tasted like rich sweet pastry made with oil.

Cross References

Exodus 16:31

The house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white in color. It tasted like wafers made with honey.

Genesis 2:12

The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.

Exodus 16:14-15

After the dew had gone, the desert was covered with thin flakes that looked like frost.

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

We preach Christ impaled. It is a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the nations!

Revelation 2:17

He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To those who overcome in victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

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