Numbers Chapter 11 verse 6 Holy Bible
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.
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But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.
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and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.
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But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
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But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.
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but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look on.
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and now our soul `is' dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Our soul is dried away. This exaggerated statement expressed their craving for the juicy and savoury food of which they had been thinking, and which was obviously unattainable in the wilderness. There is a physical craving in man for variety of diet, and especially for such condiments and flavours as he has been used to all his life, which makes the lack of them a real hardship. It is not necessary to condemn the Israelites for feeling very keenly the loss of their accustomed food, which is notoriously the one thing which the poorest classes are least able to bear; it is only necessary to condemn them for making this one loss of more account than all their gain. There is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. Rather, "we have nothing (אֵין כֹּל) except that our eye (falls) upon this manna." These graphic words speak of the longing looks which turned in every direction after the accustomed dainties, only to fall with disgust upon the inevitable manna. It was very ungrateful of them to speak disparagingly of the manna, which was good and wholesome food, and sufficient to keep them in health and strength; but it is useless to deny that manna only for people who had been accustomed to a rich and varied diet must have been exceedingly trying both to the palate and the stomach (cf. Numbers 21:5).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) There is nothing at all . . . --Better, there is nothing, except that our eyes (look) upon, the manna.
