Exodus 16:31
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
Webster's Revision
And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
World English Bible
The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Clarke's Exodus 16:31 Bible Commentary
Called the name thereof Manna - See Clarke's note on Exodus 16:15.
Barnes's Exodus 16:31 Bible Commentary
manna - It was not indeed the common manna, as they then seem to have believed, but the properties which are noted in this passage are common to it and the natural product: in size, form and color it resembled the seed of the white coriander, a small round grain of a whitish or yellowish grey.
