Exodus 16:14
World English Bible (WEB)
When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
In context
12 “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
13 In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
15 When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’”
Exodus 16:14 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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: