Exodus 16:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.”

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BSBPD

“When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the lying of the dew goeth up, and lo, on the face of the wilderness a thin, bare thing, thin as hoar-frost on the earth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 16:14 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 16:31Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
  2. Numbers 11:7Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
  3. Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  4. Nehemiah 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
  5. Psalms 78:24He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
  6. Psalms 105:40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  7. Psalms 147:16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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