Numbers 11:7

What does Numbers 11:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 11:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.

Context

v.6but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.

v.7This passage

v.8The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 16:31

    And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

  • Revelation 2:17

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:23

    but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;

  • Genesis 2:12

    and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  • Exodus 16:14

    And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.

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