Numbers 11:6

Numbers 11:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
• New International Version (NIV)But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."
• New King James Version (NKJV)but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”

Context of Numbers 11:6

4Some foreign people were travelling with the Israelites. Those people wanted very much to eat better food. So the Israelites wept again. They said, ‘We want meat to eat! 5We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt. We had as much as we wanted. And we remember all the nice vegetables, cucumbers, leeks, onions and garlic. And we remember the melons. But now our mouths are dry and we do not want to eat this food. There is not even anything to look at, except this manna.’ 7The manna was like small seeds called coriander. Its colour was yellow and white. 8The people walked about and they picked it up from the ground. They used stones to make it into flour. Or they beat it with a stick. They boiled it in pots, and they made cakes with it. The taste of the cakes was like olive oil.

Numbers 11:6 word by word

וְעַתָּ֛ה נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּ יְבֵשָׁ֖ה אֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל בִּלְתִּ֖י אֶל־הַמָּ֥ן עֵינֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But now our soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
• dried awayיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · dryH3002
• nothing at all, besideבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• this mannaמָןmân · mannaH4478
• our eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869

Cross-references for Numbers 11:6

• Numbers 21:5They complained to God and to Moses, ‘You should not have brought us from Egypt to die here in the desert. There is nothing to eat. There is no water to drink. We do not like this bad food, manna.’
• 2 Samuel 13:4He said to Amnon, ‘You are the king's son! So why do you seem so sad every morning? Tell me about your trouble.’ Amnon said to him, ‘I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.’

Commentaries on Numbers 11:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-35Verses 4-35 Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Numbers 11:4 The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of strangers (see Exodus 12:38) who had followed the Israelites from Egypt. Numbers 11:5 The natural dainties of Egypt are set forth in this passage with the fullness and relish which bespeak personal experience. Numbers 11:6-7 There is nothing at…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 Man, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, though prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, although wholesome food and nourishing. It cost no money or care, and the labour of gathering it was very little indeed; yet they talked of Egypt's cheapness, and the fish they ate there freely; as if that cost them nothing, when they paid dearly for it with hard service! While they lived on manna, they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Lord had earlier provided manna and quail (Exodus 16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. But now ... there is nothing ... beside this manna--Daily familiarity had disgusted them with the sight and taste of the monotonous food; and, ungrateful for the heavenly gift, they longed for a change of fare. It may be noticed that the resemblance of the manna to coriander seed was not in the color, but in the size and figure; and from its comparison to bdellium, which is either a drop of white gum or a white pearl, we are enabled to form a better…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 11:6

• Manna
• Murmuring
• Trouble

In the dictionaries

• Complain
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Commentaries on Numbers 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings