Mark 8:2

Amplified Bible

"I feel compassion for the crowd; they have been with Me now for three days and have nothing [left] to eat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I have compassion

King James Version (1611)
I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue now bene with me three daies, and haue nothing to eat:

King James Version
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

English Standard Version
"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.

New American Standard Bible
"I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me for three days already and have nothing to eat.

New Century Version
"I feel sorry for these people, because they have already been with me for three days, and they have nothing to eat.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

Legacy Standard Bible
"I feel compassion for the crowd because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.

Berean Standard Bible
"I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

Contemporary English Version
"I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat.

Complete Jewish Bible
"I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me three days, and now they have nothing to eat.

Darby Translation
I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,

Easy-to-Read Version
"I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and now they have nothing to eat.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue nowe continued with mee three dayes, and haue nothing to eate.

George Lamsa Translation
I have pity for this people, for they have remained with me three days, and they have nothing to eat;

Good News Translation
"I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat.

Lexham English Bible
"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat.

Literal Translation
I have pity on the crowd because now three days they remain with Me, and they do not have what they may eat.

American Standard Version
I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

Bible in Basic English
I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

Hebrew Names Version
"I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

International Standard Version
"I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat.

Etheridge Translation
I have compassion on this multitude, for behold three days have they continued with me, and there is nothing which they may eat.

Murdock Translation
I compassionate this multitude; for, lo, three days have they continued with me, and they have nothing to eat.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue compassio on the people, because they haue nowe ben with me three dayes, and haue nothyng to eate:

English Revised Version
I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

World English Bible
"I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus calling his disciples saith to them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

Weymouth's New Testament
"My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he seide to hem, I haue reuth on the puple, for lo! now the thridde dai thei abiden me, and han not what to ete;

Update Bible Version
I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

Webster's Bible Translation
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

New English Translation
"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

New King James Version
"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

New Living Translation
"I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat.

New Life Bible
"I pity these people because they have been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

New Revised Standard
"I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I am moved with compassion towards the multitude, because, already three days, abide they with me, and they have nothing to eat;

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

Revised Standard Version
"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I have copassion on this people because they have nowe bene with me .iii. dayes and have nothinge to eate:

Young's Literal Translation
`I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue compassion vpon the people, for they haue taried wt me now thre dayes, & haue nothinge to eate.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I am concern'd for this people, they have been with me now three days without having had any thing to eat.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus called all his cowboys over to him and said, "I feel sorry for all these people here. They've been here with us for three days and most of them haven't even eaten.

Contextual Overview

¹In those days, when there was again a large crowd [gathered before Him] and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and told them, ²"I feel compassion for the crowd; they have been with Me now for three days and have nothing [left] to eat.³"If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way." ⁴His disciples replied to Him, "Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this isolated place to feed these people?" ⁵He asked them, "How many loaves [of bread] do you have?" They said, "Seven." ⁶He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and [repeatedly] gave them to His disciples to set before them, and they served the crowd. ⁷They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had blessed them [and given thanks], He ordered these [fish] to be set before them as well. ⁸And the people ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. ⁹About four thousand [men] were there [besides women and children]; and He sent them away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

compassion: Mark 1:41, Mark 5:19, Mark 6:34, Mark 9:22, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 145:8, Psalms 145:15, Micah 7:19, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 14:14, Matthew 20:34, Luke 7:13, Luke 15:20, Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 5:2

and have: Matthew 4:2-4, Matthew 6:32, Matthew 6:33, John 4:6-8, John 4:30-34

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:6 - cake 2 Kings 4:38 - Set on the great pot Psalms 107:5 - General Matthew 15:32 - Jesus Mark 6:37 - give John 6:5 - Whence Acts 27:34 - for this

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 8:11
The dove came back to him in the evening, and there, in her beak, was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water level had subsided from the earth.

Genesis 8:13
Now in the six hundred and first year [of Noah's life], on the first day of the first month, the waters were drying up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and the surface of the ground was drying.

Job 38:37
"Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom, Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Proverbs 8:28
When He made firm the skies above, When the fountains and springs of the deep became fixed and strong,

Jonah 2:3
"For You cast me into the deep, Into the [deep] heart of the seas, And the currents surrounded and engulfed me; All Your breakers and billowing waves passed over me.

Matthew 8:9
"For I also am a man subject to authority [of a higher rank], with soldiers subject to me; and I say to one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have compassion on the multitude,.... Christ is a compassionate Saviour both of the bodies and souls of men: he had compassion on the souls of this multitude, and therefore had been teaching them sound doctrine and he had compassion on the bodies of many of them, and had healed them of their diseases; and his bowels yearned towards them all;

because, says he,

they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; for if they brought any food with them, it was all spent, and they were in a wilderness, where nothing was to be got; where they had no house to go into, nor bed to lie upon, and no provisions to be bought; and in this case they had been two nights and three days; which showed great affection and zeal in these people, and a close attachment to Christ, in exposing themselves to all these difficulties and hardships, which they seemed to bear with much patience and unconcernedness. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions prefix the word "behold" to this clause, as expressing admiration at their stay with him so long in such a place.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Mark 8:1

In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man.

Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought.

Mark 8:2

I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them.

Mark 8:9

Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 8:2. Having nothing to eat — If they had brought any provisions with them, they were now entirely expended; and they stood in immediate need of a supply.