Numbers 11:13
What does Numbers 11:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 11:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!
Context
v.12Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
v.13This passage
v.14I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?
- John 6:5
Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?
- Matthew 15:33
And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?
- Mark 9:23
And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.
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