Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

Holman Bible

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

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, says to him, 9 There is one child here that has five barley loaves and two fishes, but what are these for so many? 10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:8

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

Deuteronomy 32:14

butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat, and of the blood of the grape thou drank wine.

1 Kings 4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.

2 Kings 4:42-44

And a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.

2 Kings 7:1

And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of LORD. Thus says LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

Psalm 78:19

Yea, they spoke against God. They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

Psalm 78:41

And they turned again and challenged God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 81:16

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.

Psalm 147:14

He makes peace in thy borders. He fills thee with the finest of the wheat.

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants. They traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

Matthew 14:17

And they say to him, We have not here, except five loaves and two fishes.

Matthew 16:9

Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up,

Mark 6:38

And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

Mark 8:19

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? They say to him, Twelve.

Luke 9:13

But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are for us not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless, after going, we might buy food for all this people.

John 6:7

Philip answered him, Loaves of two hundred denarii of bread are not sufficient for them, so that each of them may take a little something.

John 11:21

Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou were here, my brother would not have died.

John 11:32

Therefore when Mary came where Jesus was, after seeing him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou were here, my brother would not have died.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

Revelation 6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beings saying, A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius. And thou may not harm the olive oil and the wine.

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