Bible verse
But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
Numbers 11:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 11.
2 And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
7 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
10 Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
KJV
But now our soul [is] dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.
ASV
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.
ERV
but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all: we have nought save this manna to look to.
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