Exodus 16:14 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and the lying of the dew goeth up, and lo, on the face of the wilderness a thin, bare thing, thin as hoar-frost on the earth.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.

English Amplified

And when the dew had gone, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a fine, round and flakelike thing, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And when the dew had gone, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a fine, round and flakelike thing, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.

English EASY 2024

When the dew had gone, thin white pieces remained on the dry ground, there in the desert. It seemed like frost on the ground.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

After the dew was gone, something like thin flakes of frost was on the ground.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When the dew evaporated, there was something thin and flaky on the surface of the desert. It was as delicate as frost.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When the dew was gone, the ground was covered with a thin layer of flakes like frost on the ground.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When the layer of dew evaporated, there on the desert surface were fine flakes, as fine as frost on the ground.

English KJV 1611

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

Then the layer of dew evaporated, and behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When the layer of dew evaporated, on the surface of the wilderness there lay a small flaky thing, as fine as the frost on the ground.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a thin flaky substance, thin like frost on the earth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

When the dew was gone, thin flakes appeared on the desert floor. They looked like frost on the ground.

When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.

English NKJ 1982

And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.

When the dew disappeared later in the morning, thin flakes, white like frost, covered the ground.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as hoarfrost on the ground.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and when the dew disappeared later in the morning it left thin white flakes that covered the ground like frost.

English Tyndale 1537

And when the dew was fallen: behold, it lay upon the ground in the wilderness, small and round and thin as the hoar frost on the ground.