YHN 6:31 Parallel Verse View

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6:31 Manna was a word that meant ‘stuff’ and referred to some kind of flakes that regularly came down from the sky in the time of Mosheh and could be eaten as food.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

UST Our ancestors ate manna when they wandered in the wilderness with Moses, just as the prophets wrote: ‘God gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’ ”

BSB Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[fn]”

BLB Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

AICNT Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

OEB Our ancestors had the manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says – “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” ’

LSB Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD FROM HEAVEN TO EAT.’”

WEBBE Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven[fn] to eat.’ ”

6:31 Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”, “the sky”, and “the air”.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘ He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

LSV Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, according as it is having been written: He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat.”

FBV “Our forefathers ate manna in the desert in fulfillment of the Scripture that says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”[fn]

6:31 Quoting Psalms 78:24 referring to Exodus 16:4.

TCNT Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

T4T Our ancestors ate the food called manna that God provided for them by a miracle in the desolate area. This is written {The Psalmist wrote this} in the Scriptures about what Moses caused to happen: ‘He gave them food from heaven to eat.’ Will you perform a miracle like that?”

LEB Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[fn]

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BBE Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

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Wymth Our forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, as it is written, `He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat'."

ASV Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

DRA Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

YLT our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.'

Drby Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

RV Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

Wbstr Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

KJB-1769 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Our fathers did eate Manna in the desert, as it is written, He gaue them bread from heauen to eate.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

6:31 Exod.16. 15. numb. 11.7.

6:31 Psal.78. 25.

Bshps Our fathers dyd eate Manna in the desert, as it is written: He gaue them bread from heauen to eate.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva Our fathers did eate Manna in the desart, as it is written, Hee gaue them bread from heauen to eate.
(Our fathers did eat Manna in the desart, as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. )

Cvdl Oure fathers ate Mana in the wyldernesse, as it is wrytte: He gaue the bred fro heauen to eate.
(Oure fathers ate Mana in the wilderness, as it is written: He gave the bred from heaven to eat.)

TNT Oure fathers dyd eate Manna in the desert as that is writte: He gave them breed from heaven to eate.
(Oure fathers did eat Manna in the desert as that is writte: He gave them breed from heaven to eat. )

Wycl Oure fadris eeten manna in desert, as it is writun, He yaf to hem breed fro heuene to ete.
(Oure fathers eeten manna in desert, as it is written, He gave to them breed from heaven to eat.)

Luth Unsere Väter haben Manna gegessen in der Wüste, wie geschrieben stehet: Er gab ihnen Brot vom Himmel zu essen.
(Unsere fathers have Manna gegessen in the/of_the desert, like written stands: He gave to_them bread from_the heaven to eat.)

ClVg Patres nostri manducaverunt manna in deserto, sicut scriptum est: Panem de cælo dedit eis manducare.
(Patres our manducaverunt manna in deserto, like scriptum it_is: Panem about cælo he_gave to_them manducare. )

UGNT οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον, ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.
(hoi pateres haʸmōn to manna efagon en taʸ eraʸmōi, kathōs estin gegrammenon, arton ek tou ouranou edōken autois fagein.)

SBL-GNT οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον· Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.
(hoi pateres haʸmōn to manna efagon en taʸ eraʸmōi, kathōs estin gegrammenon; Arton ek tou ouranou edōken autois fagein.)

TC-GNT Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστι γεγραμμένον, Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.
(Hoi pateres haʸmōn to manna efagon en taʸ eraʸmōi, kathōs esti gegrammenon, Arton ek tou ouranou edōken autois fagein. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ

the fathers ˱of˲_us the manna ate in the desert

In this verse, John assumes that his readers will know that the crowd is referring to a story recorded in the Old Testament book of Exodus. In that story, the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron because they were hungry. God responded by providing a flake-like food that fell from the sky and could be baked into bread. The people called this flake-like food “manna.” (See: manna) You could indicate this explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers, particularly if they would not know the story. Alternate translation: “Our fathers ate the manna when they were wandering in the wilderness after leaving Egypt”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν

the fathers ˱of˲_us

The crowd used fathers to refer to their ancestors. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Our ancestors” or “Our forefathers”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐστιν γεγραμμένον

is /having_been/_written

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “the prophets wrote in the Scriptures”

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

ἐστιν γεγραμμένον

is /having_been/_written

Here the crowd uses it is written to introduce a quotation from an Old Testament book (Psalm 78:24). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that the crowd is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “it was written in the scriptures”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ἐστιν γεγραμμένον, ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν

is /having_been/_written bread out_of ¬the heaven ˱he˲_gave ˱to˲_them /to/_eat

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “it is written that he gave them bread from heaven to eat”

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν

bread out_of ¬the heaven ˱he˲_gave ˱to˲_them /to/_eat

He here could refer to: (1) Moses, in which case the crowd was mistakenly quoting a scripture about God and applying it to Moses. This is possible because Jesus says in the next verse, “Moses has not given you the bread from heaven.” Alternate translation: “Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat” (2) God, which is who it referred to in the scripture the crowd is quoting. Alternate translation: “God gave them bread from heaven to eat”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ἄρτον

bread

Here, John records the crowd using the word bread to represent food in general that is needed to sustain life. The manna that God gave the Israelites from heaven was not bread, but a food that could be baked into bread. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “food”

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