Numbers 11:6
4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
7 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
- KJV
- But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
- WEB
- but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”
- ASV
- but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.
- DARBY
- and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.
- BLB
- And our soul [is] dried up. [There is] nothing at all, except this manna unto our eyes.”
- ÅB
- Men nå vansmekter vår sjel, for her er ingenting; Vi ser ikke annet for våre øyne enn mannaen.
- OTB
- Men nå er appetitten vår borte; det er ingenting annet enn dette manna å se på!”
- B1930
- Men nu vansmekter vår sjel, for her er ingenting; Vi ser ikke annet for våre øine enn mannaen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 21:5
and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
Read in context2 Samuel 13:4
so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
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