John 21:5

Christian Standard Bible ®

"Men," Jesus called to them, "you don't have any fish, do you?" "No," they answered.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus hollered out to them, "Hey, amigos. Did y'all catch anything?""Nope," they answered.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus *said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They answered Him, "No."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus said to them, "Children, you do not have any fish, do you?" They answered Him, "No."

Bible in Basic English
So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.

Darby Translation
Jesus therefore says to them, Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him, No.

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any food?" They answered Him, "No."

World English Bible
Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then Jesus saith to them, Children, have ye any meat?

Weymouth's New Testament
He called to them. "Children," He said, "have you any food there?" "No," they answered.

King James Version (1611)
Then Iesus saith vnto them, Children, haue ye any meat? They answered him, No.

Literal Translation
Then Jesus said to them, Children, do you not have anything to eat? They answered Him, No.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus sayde vnto the: Childre, haue ye eny thinge to eate? They answered hi:No.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then said Jesus, my lads, have ye any fish?

THE MESSAGE
Jesus spoke to them: "Good morning! Did you catch anything for breakfast?" They answered, "No."

Amplified Bible
So Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish [to eat along with your bread]?" They answered, "No."

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore saith unto them, Children, have ye aught to eat? They answered him, No.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus sayde vnto the: syrs have ye eny meate? They answered him no.

Update Bible Version
Jesus therefore says to them, Children, have you anything to eat? They answered him, No.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jesus saith to them, Children, have ye any victuals? They answered him, No.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `Lads, have ye any meat?'

New Century Version
Then he said to them, "Friends, did you catch any fish?" They answered, "No."

New English Translation
So Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They replied, "No."

Berean Standard Bible
So He called out to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" "No," they answered.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus shouted, "Friends, have you caught anything?" "No!" they answered.

Complete Jewish Bible
He said to them, "You don't have any fish, do you?" "No," they answered him.

English Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They answered him, "No."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus then said vnto them, Syrs, haue ye any meate? They answered him, No.

George Lamsa Translation
So Jesus said to them, Boys, have you got anything to eat? They said to him, No.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."

International Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They answered him, "No."Luke 24:41;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu said to them, Children, have you any thing to eat ? They say to him, No.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus said to them: Lads, have ye any thing to eat? They say to him: No.

New Living Translation
He called out, "Fellows, have you caught any fish?" "No," they replied.

New Life Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They said, "No."

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore saith unto them, Children, have ye aught to eat? They answered him, No.

New Revised Standard
Jesus said to them, "Children, you have no fish, have you?" They answered him, "No."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, saith unto them - Children! perhaps ye have nothing to eat? They answered him - No.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore said to them: Children, have you any meat? They answered him: No.

King James Version
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

Lexham English Bible
So Jesus said to them, "Children, you do not have any fish to eat, do you? They answered him, "No."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus sayth vnto them: Children, haue ye any meate? They aunswered hym, no.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then he said to them, "Friends, have you caught any fish?" They answered, "No."

New American Standard Bible
So Jesus said to them, "Children, you do not have any fish to eat, do you?" They answered Him, "No."

Good News Translation
Then he asked them, "Young men, haven't you caught anything?" "Not a thing," they answered.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, Children, whethir ye han ony souping thing? Thei answeriden to hym, Nay. He seide to hem,

Contextual Overview

¹ After this, Jesus revealed Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed Himself in this way: ² Simon Peter, Thomas (called "Twin"), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of His disciples were together. ³ "I'm going fishing," Simon Peter said to them. "We're coming with you," they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. ⁴ When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus. ⁵ "Men," Jesus called to them, "you don't have any fish, do you?" "No," they answered. ⁶ "Cast the net on the right side of the boat," He told them, "and you'll find some." So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. ⁷ Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea. ⁸ But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. ⁹ When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. ¹⁰ "Bring some of the fish you've just caught," Jesus told them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Children: or, Sirs, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:18,*Gr.

have: Psalms 37:3, Luke 24:41-43, Philippians 4:11-13, Philippians 4:19, Hebrews 13:5

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:6 - cake 2 Kings 4:38 - Set on the great pot Proverbs 23:15 - My son Matthew 9:2 - Son Mark 8:7 - fishes Mark 10:24 - Children

Cross-References

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, "I am God Almighty. Live in My presence and be blameless.

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?"

Romans 4:19
He considered his own body to be already dead (since he was about 100 years old) and also considered the deadness of Sarah's womb, without weakening in the faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jesus saith unto them, children,.... And still they knew him not, though he used this endearing and familiar appellation, and which they had been wont to hear from him; and he had called them by a little before his departure from them, John 13:33 and which he uses here as expressive of his tender affection for them, their relation to him, and that he might be known by them:

have ye any meat? that is, as the Syriac renders it, מדם למלעס, "anything to eat"; meaning fish that they had caught; and whether they had got a sufficient quantity to make a meal of for him and them.

They answered him no; they had got nothing at all; or at least what they had was far from being enough to make a breakfast of; for so a meal early in a morning may be most properly called, though it is afterwards called dining. Christ's children, true believers, are sometimes without spiritual food; there is always indeed enough in Christ, and he has an heart to give it; but either through prevailing iniquity they feed on something else, or do not go to him for food, or go elsewhere; but he will not suffer them to starve; for as he has made provisions for them in the ministry of the word and ordinances; and he himself is the bread of life; if they do not ask him for food, he will ask them whether they have any; will kindly invite them to the provisions he himself makes; will bid them welcome, and bless them to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Children - A term of affection and friendship, 1 John 2:18.

Any meat - This word (Greek) means anything eaten with bread. It was used by the Greeks especially to denote fish (Schleusner).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 21:5. Children — παιδια, a term of familiarity and affectionate kindness: it is the vocative case plural of παιδιον, which is the diminutive of παις, and literally signifies little children, or beloved children. How the margin has made sirs out of it I cannot conceive.

Any meat — προσφαγιον from προς, besides, and φαγω, I eat; any thing that is eaten with bread, or such like solid substances, to make the deglutition the more easy: here it evidently means any kind of fish; and our Lord seems to have appeared at first in the character of a person who wished to purchase a part of what they had caught: John 6:9; John 6:9.