Numbers 11:22

Doubt

²⁰ but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

²¹ But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

²³ The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

²⁴ So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
KJV: Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
WEB: Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”
ASV: Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
DARBY: Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to suffice them?
BLB: Shall flock and herd be slaughtered for them to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to provide enough for them?”

ÅB: Skal der da slaktes så meget småfe og storfe til dem at det blir nok for dem? Eller skal alle fiskene i havet sankes sammen til dem, så det blir nok for dem?
OTB: Ville det være nok om flokker og hjorder ble slaktet for dem? Ville det være nok om all fisken i havet ble fanget for dem?”
B1930: Skal der da slaktes så meget småfe og storfe til dem at det blir nok for dem? Eller skal alle fiskene i havet sankes sammen til dem, så det blir nok for dem?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
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Matthew 15:33
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
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Luke 1:18
“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
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Luke 1:34
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
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John 6:6–7
But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
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Mark 8:4
His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
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Mark 6:37
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
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John 6:9
“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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