John 6:9
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
John 6:9 in other translations
| BSB | “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?” |
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| WEB | “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?” |
| ASV | There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many? |
| YLT | ‘There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these--what are they to so many?' |
| DARBY | There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but this, what is it for so many? |
| BBE | There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number? |
| Webster | There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? |
What does John 6:9 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 6:1-14
John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude, for its reference to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had upon the people. Even the common Jews expected the Messiah to come into the world, and to be a great Prophet. The Pharisees despised them as not knowing the law; but they knew most of Him who is the end of the law. Yet men may acknowledge Christ as that Prophet, and still turn a deaf…
John 6:9 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 6:9
- 2 Kings 4:42-44
And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
- Matthew 14:17
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
- Mark 6:38
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
- Luke 9:13
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
- Psalms 78:19
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
- Matthew 16:9
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Mark 8:19
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Deuteronomy 8:8
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
- Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
- Psalms 147:14
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
- Ezekiel 27:17
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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Context
- John 6:8
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
- John 6:9
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
- John 6:10
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.
John 6:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Un muchacho está aquí que tiene cinco panes de cebada y dos pececillos; ¿mas qué es esto entre tantos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il y a ici un petit garçon qui a cinq pains d’orge et deux poissons; mais qu’est-ce que cela pour tant de monde? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es ist ein kleiner Knabe hier, der fünf Gerstenbrote und zwei Fische hat; aber was ist dies unter so viele? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Est puer unus hic qui habet quinque panes hordeaceos et duos pisces: sed hæc quid sunt inter tantos? |