John 6:9 ““Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what di…”

John 6:9

“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

World English Bible

“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?”

American Standard Version

There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?

Geneva Bible 1599

There is a little boy heere, which hath fiue barlie loaues, and two fishes: but what are they among so many?

Darby Translation

There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many?

Young's Literal Translation

'There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these — what are they to so many?'

Bible in Basic English

There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

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Cross references

“which”

Matthew 14:17 Mark 6:38 Luke 9:13 Matthew 16:9 Mark 8:19

Matthew 14:17 · BSB

“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

Mark 6:38 · BSB

“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

Luke 9:13 · BSB

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

Matthew 16:9 · BSB

Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

Mark 8:19 · BSB

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

“barley”

Deuteronomy 8:8 Psalm 81:16 Psalm 147:14 2 Corinthians 8:9 Deuteronomy 32:14 1 Kings 4:28

Deuteronomy 8:8 · BSB

a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

Psalm 81:16 · BSB

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Psalm 147:14 · BSB

He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Deuteronomy 32:14 · BSB

with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

1 Kings 4:28 · BSB

Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

“but”

2 Kings 4:42–44 Psalm 78:19 John 6:7 John 11:21 John 11:32 Psalm 78:41

2 Kings 4:42–44 · BSB

Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

Psalm 78:19 · BSB

They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?

John 6:7 · BSB

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

John 11:21 · BSB

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

John 11:32 · BSB

When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Psalm 78:41 · BSB

Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

10“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

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