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Deuteronomy 8:3

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3He humbledx you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,y which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teachz you that man does not live on breada alone but on every word that comes from the mouthb of the Lord.c

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Deuteronomy 8:3: And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna…that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Cross references

  1. x2 Ch 36:12; Ps 44:9; Pr 18:12; Isa 2:11; Jer 44:10
  2. ySee Ex 16:4
  3. z1 Ki 8:36; Ps 25:5; 94:12; 119:171
  4. aver 9; See Ge 3:19; Job 23:12; Ps 104:15; Pr 28:21; Isa 51:14; Jer 42:14
  5. bJob 22:22; Ps 119:13; 138:4
  6. cSee Ex 16:2–3; Mt 4:4*; Lk 4:4*

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and then he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all that goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.