Deuteronomy 8:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 8:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַֽיְעַנְּךָ֮
ʻânâh
H6031
to afflict
וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒
râʻêb
H7456
to be hungry
וַיַּֽאֲכִֽלְךָ֤
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמָּן֙
mân
H4478
manna
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָדַ֔עְתָּ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָדְע֖וּן
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ
ʼâb
H1
father
לְמַ֣עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
הוֹדִֽעֲךָ֗
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
כִּ֠י
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הַלֶּ֤חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
לְבַדּוֹ֙
bad
H905
apart
יִחְיֶ֣ה
châyâh
H2421
to live
הָֽאָדָ֔ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
מוֹצָ֥א
môwtsâʼ
H4161
going forth
פִֽי
peh
H6310
mouth
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
יִחְיֶ֥ה
châyâh
H2421
to live
הָאָדָֽם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
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World English Bible Public Domain
He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he humbled you and caused you to hunger and fed you manna, which you had not known and your fathers had not known, so that he might make you know that man does not live upon bread alone, but upon everything coming out of the mouth of Yahweh the man lives.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).