The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, ‘Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?’ ‘You will see it with your own eyes,’ answered Elisha, ‘but you will not eat any of it!’
Numbers 11:22 - New International Version (Anglicised) Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, ‘Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?’ ‘You will see it with your own eyes,’ answered Elisha, ‘but you will not eat any of it!’
Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, “Give us meat to eat!”
But Moses said, ‘Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, “I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!”
The Lord answered Moses, ‘Is the Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.’
His disciples answered, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?’
But he answered, ‘You give them something to eat.’ They said to him, ‘That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?’
His disciples answered, ‘But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?’
Zechariah asked the angel, ‘How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well on in years.’
‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?’