Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

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?"

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?

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, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus, 9 There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number? 10 Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:8

A land of grain and vines and fig-trees and fair fruits; a land of oil-giving olive-trees and honey;

Deuteronomy 32:14

Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.

1 Kings 4:28

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.

2 Kings 4:42-44

Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.

2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.

Psalm 78:19

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

Psalm 78:41

Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 81:16

I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

Psalm 147:14

He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain.

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and the land of Israel were your traders; they gave grain of Minnith and sweet cakes and honey and oil and perfume for your goods.

Matthew 14:17

And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

Matthew 16:9

Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

Mark 6:38

And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

Mark 8:19

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

Luke 9:13

But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.

John 6:7

Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

John 11:21

Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

John 11:32

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

Revelation 6:6

And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.

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