John 6:31

In 9 translations

BSB

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”Psalms 78:24; see also Exodus 16:4.

KJV

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

WEB

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”, “the sky”, and “the air”.

ASV

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

LSV

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, according as it is having been written: He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat.”

YLT

our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

DBY

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

DRC

Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

GNV

Our fathers did eate Manna in the desart, as it is written, Hee gaue them bread from heauen to eate.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον· Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

RP2018

Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον, Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

TR-Boyd

Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστι γεγραμμένον, Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

SCR1894

οι πατερες ημων το μαννα εφαγον εν τη ερημω καθως εστιν γεγραμμενον αρτον εκ του ουρανου εδωκεν αυτοις φαγειν

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• Nehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
• Psalms 105:40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
• Psalms 78:24–25He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
• Exodus 16:4–15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My…
• Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
• Numbers 11:6–9But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a…
• Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth…
• John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
• Nehemiah 9:20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
• Joshua 5:12And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
• Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who…
• John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:3They all ate the same spiritual food

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