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Source language
Original Greek   
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ⸀ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, οὐ καθὼς ἔφαγον οἱ ⸀πατέρες καὶ ἀπέθανον· ὁ τρώγων τοῦτον τὸν ἄρτον ⸀ζήσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
outos estin o artos o rex ouranou katabas, ou kathos ephagon oi rpateres kai apethanon* o trogon touton ton arton rzesei eis ton aiona.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
sicut misit me vivens Pater et ego vivo propter Patrem et qui manducat me et ipse vivet propter me

King James Variants
American King James Version   
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live forever.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Authorized (King James) Version   
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
New King James Version   
This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
21st Century King James Version   
This is that Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“This is the bread that came down from Heaven. It is not as your forefathers who ate manna and have died; whoever eats this bread shall live for eternity.”
Darby Bible Translation   
This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
God's Word   
This is the bread that came from heaven. It is not like the bread your ancestors ate. They eventually died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your fathers ate--and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."
International Standard Version   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever."
NET Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever."
New American Standard Bible   
"This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever."
New International Version   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."
New Living Translation   
I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever."
Webster's Bible Translation   
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers ate manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Weymouth New Testament   
This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever."
The World English Bible   
This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."
EasyEnglish Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna that your ancestors ate. They ate it but they died. But the person who eats this bread will live for ever.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'
New Life Version   
I am this Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the bread that your early fathers ate and they died. Whoever eats this Bread will live forever.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
“This is the bread which came down from Heaven; not as your fathers have eaten Manna and are dead. The one who eats of this bread, shall live forever.”
The Voice Bible   
This is bread that came down from heaven; I am not like the manna that your fathers ate and then died! If you eat this bread, your life will never end.
Living Bible   
I am the true Bread from heaven; and anyone who eats this Bread shall live forever, and not die as your fathers did—though they ate bread from heaven.”
New Catholic Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and nevertheless died, the one who feeds upon this bread will live forever.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
This is the bread which came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live eternally.
Christian Standard Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your ancestors ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna which our forefathers ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live forever.
New Century Version   
I am not like the bread your ancestors ate. They ate that bread and still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven, and whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
The Message   
But Jesus didn’t give an inch. “Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you. The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day. My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you. In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I live because of him, so the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me. This is the Bread from heaven. Your ancestors ate bread and later died. Whoever eats this Bread will live always.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like your fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like that which your fathers ate and died. The one who feeds on this · bread will live for all time.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
New Matthew Bible   
This is the bread which came from heaven – not as your fathers ate manna and are dead. He who eats of this bread shall live forever.
Good News Translation®   
This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.”
Wycliffe Bible   
This is bread, that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers ate manna, and be dead; he that eateth this bread, shall live without end.
New Testament for Everyone   
This is the bread which came down from heaven; it isn’t like the bread which the ancestors ate, and died. The one who eats this bread will share the life of God’s new age.”
Contemporary English Version   
The bread that comes down from heaven isn't like what your ancestors ate. They died, but whoever eats this bread will live forever.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
So Jesus said to them, “Unless you do eat the body of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you are not really living at all. The man who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up when the last day comes. For my body is real food and my blood is real drink. The man who eats my body and drinks my blood shares my life and I share his. Just as the living Father sent me and I am alive because of the Father, so the man who lives on me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from Heaven! It is not like the manna which your forefathers used to eat, and died. The man who eats this bread will live for ever.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. It isn’t like the bread your ancestors ate, and then they died. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
This is the Bread which came down out of heaven. It is not like [the manna that] our fathers ate and they [eventually] died; the one who eats this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will live forever.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live for ever.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
New American Standard Bible   
This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
The Expanded Bible   
I am not like the bread your ·ancestors [forefathers; L fathers] ate [C the manna; 6:31]. They ate that bread and still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven, and whoever ·eats [feeds on] this bread will live forever.”
Tree of Life Version   
This is the bread that came down from heaven—not like the bread your fathers ate and then died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
Revised Standard Version   
This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.”
New International Reader's Version   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Long ago your people ate manna and died. But whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
BRG Bible   
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Complete Jewish Bible   
So this is the bread that has come down from heaven — it is not like the bread the fathers ate; they’re dead, but whoever eats this bread will live forever!”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
This bread which came down from heaven is not like the bread that your fathers ate. They ate bread but they died. Anyone who eats this bread from heaven will live for ever.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
This is the lechem out of Shomayim having come down, not as the Avot ate and died; the one feeding on this lechem will live l’olam v’ed.
Names of God Bible   
This is the bread that came from heaven. It is not like the bread your ancestors ate. They eventually died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.”
Modern English Version   
This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
I am not like the bread that your ancestors ate. They ate that bread, but they still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
International Children’s Bible   
I am not like the bread our ancestors ate. They ate that bread, but still they died. I am the bread that came down from heaven. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
Lexham English Bible   
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
New International Version - UK   
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live for ever.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
This is the bread having come down from heaven; not as the manna the fathers ate and died. The one eating this bread will live forever”.