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Read›Numbers›Chapter 11

The Complaint of Moses

Numbers 11:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
KJV
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
WEB
Where could I get meat to give all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’
ASV
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
LSV
From where do I have flesh to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, Give flesh to us, and we eat.
YLT
Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.
DBY
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!
DRC
Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? they weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat.
GNV
Where should I haue flesh to giue vnto al this people? for they weepe vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh that we may eate.
JPS
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat.
LXXE
Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
מֵאַ֤יִן לִי֙ בָּשָׂ֔ר לָתֵ֖ת לְכָל־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־יִבְכּ֤וּ עָלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָה־לָּ֥נוּ בָשָׂ֖ר וְנֹאכֵֽלָה׃
LXX-Br
Πόθεν μοι κρέα, δοῦναι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ; ὅτι κλαίουσιν ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ, λέγοντες, δὸς ἡμῖν κρέα, ἵνα φάγωμεν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 15:33The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
  • Mark 8:4His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
  • John 6:5–9When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do. Philip…
  • Mark 9:23“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

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