Numbers 11:22 “If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have…”

Numbers 11:22

If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Shall the sheepe and the beeues be slaine for them, to finde them? either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them?

Darby Translation

Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to suffice them?

Young's Literal Translation

Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? — are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them — that one hath found for them?'

Bible in Basic English

Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?

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Cross references

“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?”

2 Kings 7:2 Matthew 15:33 Mark 6:37 Mark 8:4 Luke 1:18 Luke 1:34

2 Kings 7:2 · BSB

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will…

Matthew 15:33 · BSB

The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

Mark 6:37 · BSB

But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

Mark 8:4 · BSB

His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

Luke 1:18 · BSB

“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Luke 1:34 · BSB

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

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

In context

21But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

23The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

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