Psalm 105:40 “They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of…”

Psalm 105:40

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

World English Bible

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

American Standard Version

They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Geneva Bible 1599

They asked, and he brought quailes, and he filled them with the bread of heauen.

Darby Translation

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Young's Literal Translation

They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.

Bible in Basic English

At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

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Cross references

“asked”

Psalm 78:18 Numbers 11:31–33 Psalm 78:26–28 Exodus 16:12 Exodus 16:13 Numbers 11:4–6

Psalm 78:18 · BSB

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Numbers 11:31–33 · BSB

Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

Psalm 78:26–28 · BSB

He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

Exodus 16:12 · BSB

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

Exodus 16:13 · BSB

That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

Numbers 11:4–6 · BSB

Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

“satisfied”

Deuteronomy 8:3 Joshua 5:12 Nehemiah 9:20 Exodus 16:14–35 Numbers 11:7–9

Deuteronomy 8:3 · BSB

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth o…

Joshua 5:12 · BSB

And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.

Nehemiah 9:20 · BSB

You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

Exodus 16:14–35 · BSB

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

Numbers 11:7–9 · BSB

Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.

“bread”

John 6:31–33 John 6:48–58 Psalm 78:23–25

John 6:31–33 · BSB

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

John 6:48–58 · BSB

I am the bread of life.

Psalm 78:23–25 · BSB

Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

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