31The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.


In Context

28 Then the Lord said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?

29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where he is on the seventh day; no one is to go out."

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

32 Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt.' "

33 So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come."

Exodus 16:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed white, and the taste thereof like to flour with honey.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:31and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it is as coriander seed, white; and its taste is as a cake with honey.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:31And 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.