Elisha’s servant said, “What? There are 100 men here. How can I give this food to all those men?”
Numbers 11:13 - Easy To Read Version I don’t have enough meat for all these people! And they continue complaining to me. They say, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Where should I get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me and say, Give us meat, that we may eat. American Standard Version (1901) Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. Common English Bible Where am I to get meat for all these people? They are crying before me and saying, ‘Give us meat, so we can eat.’ Catholic Public Domain Version From where would I obtain the flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying, 'Give us flesh, so that we may eat.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat. |
Elisha’s servant said, “What? There are 100 men here. How can I give this food to all those men?”
Then the officer that was close to the king [76] answered the man of God [77] (Elisha). The officer said, “Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, this could not happen!”
You will eat that meat for a whole month. You will eat the meat until you are sick of it. This will happen to you because you complained against the Lord. The Lord lives among you and knows what you need. But you cried and complained to him! You said, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
Moses said, “Lord, there are 600,000 men walking around here. And you say, ‘I will give them enough meat to eat for a whole month!’
If we were to kill all of the sheep and cattle, then that would still not be enough to feed this many people for a month. And if we caught all the fish in the sea, it would not be enough for them!”
The followers asked Jesus, “Where can we get enough bread to feed all these people? We are far away from any town.”
Jesus’ followers answered, “But we are far away from any towns. Where can we get enough bread to feed all these people?”
Jesus said to the father, “You said, ‘Help him if you can.’ All things are possible for the person that believes.”