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John 6:31
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KJ21
Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
ASV
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
AMP
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written [in Scripture], ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
AMPC
Our forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as the Scripture says, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
BRG
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
CSB
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
CSBA
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’
CEB
Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
CJB
Our fathers ate man in the desert — as it says in the Tanakh, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’
CEV
For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
DARBY
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
DLNT
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it has been written [in Ps 78:24]: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat’”.
DRA
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
ERV
Our ancestors were given manna to eat in the desert. As the Scriptures say, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
EASY
Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness. We know that it says in the Bible, “God gave bread to them from heaven for them to eat.” ’
EHV
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
ESV
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
ESVUK
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
EXB
Our ·ancestors [forefathers; L fathers] ate the manna [C a flaky breadlike food that God provided the Israelites in the wilderness; Ex. 16:13–36] in the ·desert [wilderness]. ·This is written in the Scriptures [L As it is written]: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat [compare Ex. 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Ps. 78:24].’
GNV
Our fathers did eat Manna in the desert, as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
GW
Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. Scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
GNT
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
HCSB
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
ICB
Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. This is written in the Scriptures: ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
ISV
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
PHILLIPS
Then they asked him, “Then what sign can you give us that will make us believe in you? What work are you doing? Our forefathers ate manna in the desert just as the scripture says, ‘He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat.’”
JUB
Our fathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written, He gave them of the bread from the heaven to eat.
KJV
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
AKJV
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
LSB
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
LEB
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’
TLB
They replied, “You must show us more miracles if you want us to believe you are the Messiah. Give us free bread every day, like our fathers had while they journeyed through the wilderness! As the Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven.’”
MSG
They waffled: “Why don’t you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what’s going on? When we see what’s up, we’ll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do. Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
MEV
Our fathers ate manna in the desert. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
MOUNCE
· Our fathers ate · manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from · heaven to eat.’”
NOG
Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. Scripture says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NABRE
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NASB
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
NASB1995
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
NCB
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
NCV
Our ancestors ate the manna in the desert. This is written in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NET
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NIRV
Long ago our people ate the manna in the desert. It is written in Scripture, ‘The Lord gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” (Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25)
NIV
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NIVUK
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’
NKJV
Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
NLV
Our early fathers ate bread that came from heaven in the desert. This happened as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NLT
After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NMB
Our fathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
NRSVA
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’
NRSVACE
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’
NRSVCE
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
NRSVUE
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
NTFE
Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; it says in the Bible that ‘he gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
OJB
Avoteinu ate the manna in the wilderness [BAMIDBAR 11:7-9; SHEMOT 16:4,15; NECHEMYAH 9:15], as it has been written, LECHEM from SHOMAYIM he gave them to eat. [TEHILLIM 78:24; 105:40]
RGT
“Our fathers ate Manna in the desert. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread from Heaven to eat.’”
RSV
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
RSVCE
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
TLV
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘Out of heaven He gave them bread to eat.’”
VOICE
Our fathers ate manna when they wandered in the desert. The Hebrew Scriptures say, “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.’”
WE
ur fathers ate bread in the wilderness. The holy writings say, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat." ' Jesus said to them, `I tell you the truth. It was not Moses who gave you that bread from heaven. But my Father gives you true bread from heaven.
WYC
Our fathers ate manna in desert, as it is written, He gave to them bread from 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.'
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