Numbers 11:21 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen [are] the people in whose midst I [am]; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!

English ASV

And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

English Amplified

But Moses said, The people among whom I am are 600,000 footmen [besides all the women and children], and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But Moses said, The people among whom I am are 600,000 footmen [besides all the women and children], and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.’

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with six hundred thousand foot soldiers, yet you say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.

English EASY 2024

Moses said to the Lord, ‘There are 600,000 men here. But you have said, “I will give them meat to eat for a whole month.”

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Moses said, "Lord, there are 600,000 soldiers here, and you say, 'I will give them enough meat to eat for a whole month!'

But Moses said, "The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot, and you have said, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!'

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Moses said to the Lord, “Here I am leading 600,000 people, and you say that you will give them enough meat for a month?

English God's Word - GW 1995

But Moses said, "Here I am with 600,000 foot soldiers around me. Yet, you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!'

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But Moses replied, "I'm in the middle of a people with 600,000 foot soldiers, yet You say, 'I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.'

English KJV 1611

And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

English LSB

But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And Moses said, “The people I am with number six hundred thousand foot soldiers, and You have said, ‘I will give them meat that they may eat a whole month.’

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.'

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But Moses said, "The people around me include six hundred thousand soldiers; yet you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month.'

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Moses said, “The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But Moses said, "Here I am among 600,000 men on the march. And you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month'!

English NIV

But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!'

English NKJ 1982

And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’

English NLT

But Moses said, "There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you promise them meat for a whole month!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But Moses said, "The people I am with number six hundred thousand on foot; and you say, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month'!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot; and thou hast said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But Moses said, “There are 600,000 men alone besides all the women and children, and yet you promise them meat for a whole month!

English Tyndale 1537

And Moses said: six hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, among which I am. And thou hast said: I will give them flesh and they shall eat a month long.