17And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.


In Context

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.

Exodus 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is gathering much, and he who is gathering little;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.