2 Kings 4:43

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].

And his servitor {H8334} said {H559}, What, should I set {H5414} this before {H6440} an hundred {H3967} men {H376}? He said again {H559}, Give {H5414} the people {H5971}, that they may eat {H398}: for thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068}, They shall eat {H398}, and shall leave {H3498} thereof.

His servant said, "How am I to serve this to a hundred men?" But he said, "Give it to the people to eat; for ADONAI says that they will eat and have some left over."

But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 9:13 (9 votes)

    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.

  • Matthew 14:20 (7 votes)

    And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

  • John 6:9 (6 votes)

    There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

  • John 6:11 (4 votes)

    And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

  • John 6:13 (4 votes)

    Therefore they gathered [them] together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

  • Matthew 16:8 (4 votes)

    [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

  • Matthew 16:10 (4 votes)

    Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?