Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"

A Conservative Version

There is one child here that has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for 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?

Amplified

“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”

An Understandable Version

"There is a little boy here who has five [small] loaves of barley bread and two [probably smoked] fish. But what is this amount for [feeding] so many people?"

Anderson New Testament

There is a lad here that has five barley loaves, and two little fishes; but what are these among 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?

Common New Testament

"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

there is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small 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?

Godbey New Testament

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

Goodspeed New Testament

"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what is that among so many people?"

John Wesley New Testament

but what are they among so many?

Julia Smith Translation

There is one little boy here, who has five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are these among so many?

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many [people]?"

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

"There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

Montgomery New Testament

"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

NET Bible

"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?"

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

There is a lad here, who hath five barleyloaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?

Sawyer New Testament

There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what are these for so many?

The Emphasized Bible

There is a little lad here, that hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes, - but, these, - what are they, for such numbers?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

"Who has five barley loaves and two fishes; but what is that for so many?"

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

"There is a boy here with five barley loaves and a couple of fish: but what is that among so many?"

Williams New Testament

"There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, 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?"

Worrell New Testament

"There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but what are these among so many?"

Worsley New Testament

saith unto Him, There is a lad here, that hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

a lad
παιδάριον 
Paidarion 
Usage: 1

εἷς 
heis 
one, a, other, some, not tr,
Usage: 188

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

πέντε 
Pente 
Usage: 20

κρίθινος 
Krithinos 
Usage: 2

ἄρτος 
Artos 
Usage: 61

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

two
δύο 
Duo 
two, twain, both, two and two
Usage: 92

ὀψάριον 
Opsarion 
Usage: 4

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

are
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ταῦτα 
Tauta 
Usage: 188

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Context Readings

The Feeding Of Five Thousand

8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?” 10 Then Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:8

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

Deuteronomy 32:14

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

1 Kings 4:28

Each man brought the barley and the straw for the chariot teams and the other horses to the required place according to his assignment.

2 Kings 4:42-44

A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of 20 loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”

2 Kings 7:1

Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, six quarts of fine meal will sell for a shekel and 12 quarts of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

Psalm 78:41

They constantly tested God
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 81:16

But He would feed Israel with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

Psalm 147:14

He endows your territory with prosperity;
He satisfies you with the finest wheat.

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants. They exchanged wheat from Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm, for your goods.

Matthew 14:17

“But we only have five loaves and two fish here,” they said to Him.

Matthew 16:9

Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected?

Mark 6:38

And He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look.”

When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”

Mark 8:19

When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”

“Twelve,” they told Him.

Luke 9:13

“You give them something to eat,” He told them.

“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

John 6:7

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

John 11:21

Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

John 11:32

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

2 Corinthians 8:9

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

Revelation 6:6

Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.”

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