Exodus 16:8,13 - Compare All Versions
Exodus 16:8 NIV (New International Version)
Moses also said, “You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 NIV (New International Version)
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Exodus 16:8 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And Moses said, “When the LORD gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the LORD has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.
Exodus 16:8 NLT (New Living Translation)
Then Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us.”
Exodus 16:13 NLT (New Living Translation)
That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.
Exodus 16:8 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Moses continued, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and all the bread you want in the morning, for he has heard the complaints that you are raising against him. Who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp.
Exodus 16:8 KJV (King James Version)
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
Exodus 16:13 KJV (King James Version)
And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
Exodus 16:8 NKJV (New King James Version)
Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 NKJV (New King James Version)
So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.
Exodus 16:8 MSG (The Message)
Moses said, “Since it will be GOD who gives you meat for your meal in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, it’s GOD who will have listened to your complaints against him. Who are we in all this? You haven’t been complaining to us—you’ve been complaining to GOD!”
Exodus 16:13-15a MSG (The Message)
That evening quail flew in and covered the camp and in the morning there was a layer of dew all over the camp. When the layer of dew had lifted, there on the wilderness ground was a fine flaky something, fine as frost on the ground. The Israelites took one look and said to one another, man-hu (What is it?). They had no idea what it was.
Exodus 16:8 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
And Moses said, “This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Exodus 16:8 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Moses said, “This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning [enough] bread to be fully satisfied, because the LORD has heard your murmurings against Him; for what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 AMP (Amplified Bible)
So in the evening the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a blanket of dew around the camp.
Exodus 16:8 NET (New English Translation)
Moses said, “You will know this when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”
Exodus 16:13 NET (New English Translation)
In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp.