Numbers 11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Numbers 11:13 in other translations
| BSB | Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ |
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| WEB | Where could I get meat to give all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ |
| ASV | Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. |
| YLT | Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat. |
| DARBY | Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat! |
| BBE | Where 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. |
| Webster | Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. |
What does Numbers 11:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:10-15
10-15. Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant, &c.--It is impossible not to sympathize with his feelings although the tone and language of his remonstrances to God cannot be justified. He was in a most distressing situation--having a mighty multitude under his care, with no means of satisfying their clamorous demands. Their conduct shows how deeply they had been debased and demoralized…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:10-15
The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself otherwise than became him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon him. He magnified his own performances, while he had the Divine wisdom to direct him, and Almighty power to dispense rewards and punishments. He speaks distrustfully of the Divine grace. Had the work been much less he could not have gone through it in his own strength; but had it been…
Numbers 11:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 11:13
- Matthew 15:33
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
- Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
- John 6:5-9
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, …
- Mark 9:23
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
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Context
- Numbers 11:12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
- Numbers 11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Numbers 11:14
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers 11:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿De dónde tengo yo carne para dar á todo este pueblo? porque lloran á mí, diciendo: Danos carne que comamos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | D’où aurais-je de la chair pour en donner à tout ce peuple? car ils pleurent après moi, disant: Donne-nous de la chair, afin que nous en mangions. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Woher soll ich Fleisch haben, um es diesem ganzen Volke zu geben? Denn sie weinen gegen mich und sagen: Gib uns Fleisch, daß wir essen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Unde mihi carnes ut dem tantæ multitudini? flent contra me, dicentes: Da nobis carnes ut comedamus. |