Exodus 16:17

Douay-Rheims Bible

And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el did so, and gathered some more, some less.

King James Version
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

Lexham English Bible
And the Israelites did so, and they gathered, some more and some less.

New Century Version
So the people of Israel did this; some people gathered much, and some gathered little.

New English Translation
The Israelites did so, and they gathered—some more, some less.

Amplified Bible
The Israelites did so, and some gathered much [of it] and some [only a] little.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some lesse.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel did so; some gathered much and some little.

Contemporary English Version
They did as they were told. Some gathered more and some gathered less,

Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Isra'el did this. Some gathered more, some less;

Darby Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.

Easy-to-Read Version
So that is what the Israelites did. Some people gathered a large amount, some people gathered a little.

English Standard Version
And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.

George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

Good News Translation
The Israelites did this, some gathering more, others less.

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Israelites did this. Some gathered a lot, some a little.

Literal Translation
And so the sons of Israel did. And they gathered; the one gathering much and the one gathering little.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel dyd so, and gathered some more, some lesse.

American Standard Version
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel did euen so, and gathered some more, some lesse.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some lesse.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less.

English Revised Version
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel diden so, and thei gaderiden oon more, another lesse;

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is [gathering] much, and he who is [gathering] little;

Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

World English Bible
The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

New King James Version
Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.

New Living Translation
So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little.

New Life Bible
The people did so. Some gathered much and some less.

New Revised Standard
The Israelites did so, some gathering more, some less.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Israel did so, - and gathered, some more, and some less;

Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel did so; they gathered, some more, some less.

THE MESSAGE
The People of Israel went to work and started gathering, some more, some less, but when they measured out what they had gathered, those who gathered more had no extra and those who gathered less weren't short—each person had gathered as much as was needed.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.

Contextual Overview

¹³ So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp. ¹⁴ And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground. ¹⁵ And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: Manhu! which signifieth: What is this! for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them: This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. ¹⁶ This is the word that the Lord hath commanded: Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat; a gomor for every man, according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so shall you take of it. ¹⁷ And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less. ¹⁸ And they measured by the measure of a gomor: neither had he more that had gathered more; nor did he find less that had provided less: but every one had gathered, according to what they were able to eat. ¹⁹ And Moses said to them: Let no man leave thereof till the morning. ²⁰ And they hearkened not to him, but some of them left until the morning, and it began to be full of worms, and it putrefied, and Moses was angry with them. ²¹ Now every one of them gathered in the morning, as much as might suffice to eat: and after the sun grew hot, it melted.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel did so,.... They went out of the camp in the morning when it was fallen, and gathered it; which is expressive of believers going out of the camp, leaving the world, and all behind them for Christ; and of their going out of themselves to him, and of their going in and out, and finding pasture and food for their souls in him to live upon: and gathered some more, some less; some that were more robust and strong, that were more active and diligent, gathered in more than others; which may denote the different degree and exercise of faith in God's people; some are strong in it, and others weak; some attain to a greater degree of knowledge of Christ, and receive more grace from him, and have more spiritual peace, joy, and comfort in believing, and others less; see Romans 15:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some more, some less - It is evidently implied that the people were in part at least disobedient and failed in this first trial.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 16:17. Some more, some less. — According to their respective families, an omer for a man; and according to the number of infirm persons whose wants they undertook to supply.