Numbers 11:6

New Living Translation

But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!"

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look on.

King James Version
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

Lexham English Bible
But now our strength is dried up; there is nothing whatsoever except for the manna before us."

New Century Version
But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"

New English Translation
But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!"

Amplified Bible
"But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing at all [in the way of food] to be seen but this manna."

New American Standard Bible
but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
But now our soule is dryed away, we can see nothing but this Man.

Legacy Standard Bible
but now our appetite is dried up. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna."

Contemporary English Version
But we're starving out here, and the only food we have is this manna."

Complete Jewish Bible
But now we're withering away, we have nothing to look at but this man."

Darby Translation
and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.

Easy-to-Read Version
But now we have lost our strength. We never eat anything—only this manna!"

English Standard Version
But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."

George Lamsa Translation
But now our soul is dried up; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.

Good News Translation
But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to eat—nothing but this manna day after day!"

Christian Standard Bible®
But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”

Literal Translation
and now our soul withers. There is nothing except this manna before our eyes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But now is oure soule dryed awaye, oure eyes se nothinge then the Manna.

American Standard Version
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.

Bible in Basic English
But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But now our soule is dryed away: for we can see nothing els, saue Manna.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.'--

King James Version (1611)
But now our soule is dried away, there is nothing at all, besides this Manna, before our eyes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.

English Revised Version
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all: we have nought save this manna to look to.

Berean Standard Bible
But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
oure soule is drie; oure iyen byholden noon other thing `no but manna.

Young's Literal Translation
and now our soul [is] dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.'

Update Bible Version
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look at.

Webster's Bible Translation
But now our soul [is] dried away; [there is] nothing at all, besides this manna, [before] our eyes.

World English Bible
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look on.

New King James Version
but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!"

New Life Bible
But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this bread from heaven."

New Revised Standard
but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, now, our soul is dried up, there is nothing at all, - unless, unto the manna, we turn our eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else but manna.

Revised Standard Version
but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna."

Contextual Overview

⁴ Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. "Oh, for some meat!" they exclaimed. ⁵ "We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted. ⁶ But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!" ⁷ The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin. ⁸ The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil. ⁹ The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night. ¹⁰ Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the Lord became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated. ¹¹ And Moses said to the Lord , "Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! What did I do to deserve the burden of all these people? ¹² Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors? ¹³ Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep whining to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!'

Bible Verse Review
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Numbers 21:5, 2 Samuel 13:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:31 - and it was Jeremiah 44:18 - we have John 6:31 - fathers

Cross-References

Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said, "Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!"

Genesis 6:5
The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

Genesis 8:21
And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.

Genesis 9:19
From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

Genesis 11:1
At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words.

Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world."

Judges 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!"

1 Kings 18:27
About noontime Elijah began mocking them. "You'll have to shout louder," he scoffed, "for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!"

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Young people, it's wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.

Luke 1:51
His mighty arm has done tremendous things! He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now our soul is dried away,.... Meaning their bodies, which, for want of flesh food, they pretended had no moisture in them, or they were half starved, and in wasting and consuming circumstances:

[there is] nothing at all besides this manna [before] our eyes; which in itself was a truth and matter of fact; they had nothing to look to, and live upon but the manna, and that was enough, and with which, no doubt, many of them were contented, and satisfied and thankful for it, though the greater part were not; and therefore this, though a truth, was foolishly and wickedly spoken, being said in disdain and contempt of the manna: so Christ, the heavenly manna, the antitype of this, of which :-;

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:-; is indeed the only food that is set before us in the Gospel to feed and live upon; nor is there anything at all besides him, nor do true believers in him desire any other, but pray that evermore this bread may be given them; but carnal men and carnal professors slight the Gospel feast, of which Christ is the sum and substance; and at least would have something besides him, something along with him, something of their own in justification for him, or to give them a right unto him, or to trust in along with him; they cannot bear to have nothing at all but Christ; or that he, and he alone, should be exalted, and be all in all, as he is justification and salvation, and in the Gospel provision, in which nothing is set before us but him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.

Numbers 11:4

The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of strangers (see Exodus 12:38) who had followed the Israelites from Egypt.

Numbers 11:5

The natural dainties of Egypt are set forth in this passage with the fullness and relish which bespeak personal experience.

Numbers 11:6-7

There is nothing at all ... - literally, “Nought at all have we except that our eyes are unto this manna;” i. e. “Nought else have we to expect beside this manna.” On the manna see Exodus 16:15 note; on bdellium see Genesis 2:12 note.

Numbers 11:10

The weeping was general; every family wept (compare Zechariah 12:12), and in a manner public and unconcealed.

Numbers 11:11-15

The complaint and remonstrance of Moses may be compared with that in 1 Kings 19:4 ff; Jonah 4:1-3, and contrasted with the language of Abraham (Genesis 18:23 ff) The meekness of Moses (compare Numbers 12:3) sank under vexation into despair. His language shows us how imperfect and prone to degeneracy are the best saints on earth.

Numbers 11:16

Seventy men of the elders of Israel - Seventy elders had also gone up with Moses to the Lord in the mount Exodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9. Seventy is accordingly the number of colleagues assigned to Moses to share his burden with him. To it, the Jews trace the origin of the Sanhedrim. Subsequent notices Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10, Joshua 8:33; Joshua 9:11; Joshua 23:2; Joshua 24:1, Joshua 24:31 so connect the elders with the government of Israel as to point to the fact that the appointment now made was not a merely temporary one, though it would seem to have soon fallen into desuetude. We find no traces of it in the days of the Judges and the Kings.

Elders of the people, and officers over them - In English idiom, “elders and officers of the people.” Both elders and officers appear in Egypt (Exodus 3:16; Exodus 5:6 ff): the former had headed the nation in its efforts after freedom; the latter were the subordinate, though unwilling, agents of Egyptian tyranny. The two classes no doubt were working together; and from those who belonged to either, perhaps from those who were both eiders and officers, the council of Seventy was to be selected.

Numbers 11:17

I will take of the spirit which is upon thee - Render rather separate from the spirit, etc.; i. e. they shall have their portion in the same divine gift which thou hast.

Numbers 11:25

They prophesied - i. e. under the extraordinary impulse of the Holy Spirit they uttered forth the praises of God, or declared His will. Compare the marginal references.

And did not cease - Rather, and added not, i. e. they prophesied at this time only and not afterward. The sign was granted on the occasion of their appointment to accredit them in their office; it was not continued, because their proper function was to be that of governing not prophesying.

Numbers 11:26

Of them that were written - i. e. enrolled among the Seventy. The expression points to a regular appointment duly recorded and permanent.

Numbers 11:29

Enviest thou for my sake? - (Compare Mark 9:38 ff) The other members of the Seventy had been with Moses (compare Numbers 6:16, Numbers 6:24-25) when the gift of prophecy was bestowed on them. They received “of the spirit that was upon him,” and exercised their office visibly through and for him. Eldad and Medad prophesying in the camp seemed to Joshua to be acting independently, and so establishing a separate center of authority.

Numbers 11:31

The southeast wind, which blew from the neighboring Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, brought the quails Exodus 16:13.

Two cubits high - Better, “two cubits above the face of the ground:” i. e. the quails, wearied with their long flight, flew about breast high, and were easily secured by the people, who spread them all abroad for themselves Numbers 11:32, in order to salt and dry them. The quail habitually flies with the wind, and low.

Numbers 11:32

Ten homers - About 55 bushels. Compare Leviticus 27:16.

Numbers 11:33

Ere it was chewed - Better, ere it was consumed. See Numbers 11:19-20. The surfeit in which the people indulged, as described in Numbers 11:32, disposed them to sickness. God’s wrath, visiting the gluttonous through their gluttony, aggravated natural consequences into a supernatural visitation.

Numbers 11:34, Numbers 11:35

(Kibroth-hattaavah has been identified by Palmer with the extensive remains, graves, etc., at Erweis El Ebeirig, and Hazeroth “enclosures” with Ain Hadherah.)