2 Kings 4:43 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴³ And his servant said, “What? Do I set this before one hundred men?” And he said, “Give it to the people to eat. For thus said יהוה, ‘Eat and have some left over.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴³ And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ His servant said, How am I to set [only] this before a hundred [hungry] men? He said, Give to the men that they may eat. For thus says the Lord: They shall be fed and have some left.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴³ And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

Common English Bible

⁴³ His servant said, “How can I feed one hundred men with this?” Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Eat and there will be leftovers.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ And his servant responded to him, "What amount is this, that I should set it before a hundred men?" But he said again: "Give it to the people, so that they may eat. For thus says the Lord, 'They shall eat, and there shall be still more.' "

2 Kings 4:43 Cross References

Numbers 11:13

“Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat.’

Numbers 11:23

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Is the arm of יהוה  too short? Now see whether My word meets you or not!”

Matthew 14:20

and all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up the pieces left over – twelve baskets, filled.

Matthew 15:37

And all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces – seven large baskets, filled.

Mark 8:20

“And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets filled with broken pieces did you pick up?” And they said, “Seven.”

Mark 8:4

And His taught ones answered Him, “How shall anyone be able to feed these people with bread here in the desert?”

Luke 9:13

But He said to them, “You give them to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

Luke 9:17

So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the broken pieces were picked up by them.

John 6:9

“Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for so many?”