Exodus 16 · Verse 27

Exodus 16:27

And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Exodus 16:27, King James Version

Exodus 16:27 in other translations

BSBYet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
WEBOn the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
ASVAnd it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found.
DARBYAnd it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out some from the people to gather it, and they found none.
BBEBut still on the seventh day some of the people went out to get it, and there was not any.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, and they found none.

What does Exodus 16:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 16:13-31

13-31. at even the quails came up, and covered the camp--This bird is of the gallinaceous kind [that is, relating to the order of heavy-bodied, largely terrestrial birds], resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtledove. They are found in certain seasons in the places through which the Israelites passed, being migratory birds, and they were probably brought to the camp by "a wind from the Lord" as…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 16:22-31

Here is mention of a seventh-day sabbath. It was known, not only before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt, even from the beginning, Ge 2:3. The setting apart one day in seven for holy work, and, in order to that, for holy rest, was ever since God created man upon the earth, and is the most ancient of the Divine laws. Appointing them to rest on the seventh day, he…

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Exodus 16:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637
יָצְא֥וּya.tze.'Uthey went outH3318
מִן\־min-some ofH4480
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לִלְקֹ֑טlil.Kotto gather [it]H3950
וְלֹ֖אve.Lo'and notH3808
מָצָֽאוּ\׃\ \סma.Tza.'uthey found [it]H4672

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 16:27

  • Proverbs 20:4

    The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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and they found none.
Pr 20:4

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Context

  • Exodus 16:26

    Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

  • Exodus 16:27

    And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

  • Exodus 16:28

    And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

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Exodus 16:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que algunos del pueblo salieron en el séptimo día á recoger, y no hallaron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva, le septième jour, que quelques-uns du peuple sortirent pour en recueillir, et ils n’en trouvèrent point.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah am siebten Tage, daß etliche von dem Volke hinausgingen, um zu sammeln, und sie fanden nichts.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Venitque septima dies: et egressi de populo ut colligerent, non invenerunt.