Deuteronomy 8:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you recognize and personally know that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

Common English Bible

³ He humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you the manna that neither you nor your ancestors had ever experienced, so he could teach you that people don’t live on bread alone. No, they live based on whatever the LORD says.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

Deuteronomy 8:3 Cross References

Psalm 105:40

They asked, and he brought quails, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

Luke 4:4

And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ”

1 Corinthians 10:3

and all ate the same supernatural food

Deuteronomy 29:5

I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet;

Deuteronomy 29:6

you have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no trifle for you, but it is your life, and thereby you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

Deuteronomy 9:9

When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.