They were hungry,\par so you gave them food from heaven.\par They were thirsty,\par so you gave them water from a rock.\par And you told them,\par ‘Come, take this land.’\par You used your power,\par and took the land for them!\par
John 6:31 - Easy To Read Version Our fathers (ancestors) ate the manna (food) God gave them in the desert. This is written in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [89]} : ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ {\cf2\super [90]} ” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as the Scripture says, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. [Exod. 16:15; Neh. 9:15; Ps. 78:24.] American Standard Version (1901) Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. Common English Bible Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” Catholic Public Domain Version Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. |
They were hungry,\par so you gave them food from heaven.\par They were thirsty,\par so you gave them water from a rock.\par And you told them,\par ‘Come, take this land.’\par You used your power,\par and took the land for them!\par
You gave them your good Spirit\par to make them wise.\par You gave them manna for food.\par You gave them water for their thirst.\par
The people asked for food,\par and God brought them quail.\par God gave them plenty of bread from heaven.\par
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth. Moses was not the one that gave your people bread from heaven. But my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
Your ancestors {\cf2\super [93]} ate the manna (food) God gave them in the desert. But it didn’t keep them from dying.
I am not like the bread that our ancestors {\cf2\super [95]} ate \{in the desert\}. They ate that bread. But, \{like all people\}, they died. I am the bread that came down from heaven. The person that eats this bread will live forever.”
The Lord humbled you and let you be hungry. Then he fed you with manna [49] —something you did not know about before. It was something your ancestors [50] had never seen. Why did the Lord do these things? Because he wanted you to know that it is not just bread that keeps people alive. People’s lives depend on what the Lord says.
The next morning, the special food from heaven stopped coming. This happened the day after the people ate the food that grew in the land of Canaan. From that time on, the people of Israel did not get the special food from heaven.
“Every person that hears these things should listen to what the Spirit {\cf2\super [20]} says to the churches!