And an officer on whose hand the sovereign leaned answered the man of Elohim and said, “Look, if יהוה is making windows in the heavens, shall this word come true?” And he said, “Look, you are about to see it with your eyes, but not eat of it.”
Numbers 11:22 - The Scriptures 2009 Could flocks and herds be slain for them, to be sufficient for them? Or could all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall flocks and herds be killed to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be collected to satisfy them? American Standard Version (1901) Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? Common English Bible Can flocks and herds be found and slaughtered for them? Or can all the fish in the sea be found and caught for them?” Catholic Public Domain Version Could a multitude of sheep and oxen be slain, so that there would be enough food? Or will the fishes of the sea be gathered together, in order to satisfy them?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed, that it may suffice for their food? Or shall the fishes of the sea be gathered together to fill them? |
And an officer on whose hand the sovereign leaned answered the man of Elohim and said, “Look, if יהוה is making windows in the heavens, shall this word come true?” And he said, “Look, you are about to see it with your eyes, but not eat of it.”
Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat.’ ”
And Mosheh said, “The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand men on foot, and You, You have said, ‘I give them meat to eat for a new moon of days.’
And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Is the arm of יהוה too short? Now see whether My word meets you or not!”
And His taught ones said to Him, “Where are we to get enough bread in the desert to satisfy such a large crowd?”
But He answering, said to them, “You give them to eat.” And they said to Him, “Should we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?”
And His taught ones answered Him, “How shall anyone be able to feed these people with bread here in the desert?”
And Zeḵaryah said to the messenger, “By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife advanced in years.”
And Miryam said to the messenger, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?”
Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for so many?