Mark 8:3

Green's Literal Translation

And if I send them away fasting to their house, they will faint in the way, for some of them come from afar.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way,

King James Version (1611)
And if I send them away fasting to their owne houses, they will faint by the way: for diuers of them came from farre.

King James Version
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

English Standard Version
And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away."

New American Standard Bible
"And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."

New Century Version
If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way. Some of them live a long way from here."

Amplified Bible
"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."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."

Legacy Standard Bible
And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."

Berean Standard Bible
If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance."

Contemporary English Version
Some of them live a long way from here. If I send them away hungry, they might faint on their way home."

Complete Jewish Bible
If I send them off to their homes hungry, they will collapse on the way; some of them have come a long distance."

Darby Translation
and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.

Easy-to-Read Version
I should not send them home hungry. If they leave without eating, they will faint on the way home. Some of them live a long way from here."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses, they woulde faint by the way: for some of them came from farre.

George Lamsa Translation
And if I dismiss them to their homes, while they are fasting, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come from a distance.

Good News Translation
If I send them home without feeding them, they will faint as they go, because some of them have come a long way."

Lexham English Bible
And if I send them away hungry to their homes they will give out on the way, and some of them have come from far away."

American Standard Version
and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.

Bible in Basic English
If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

Hebrew Names Version
If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

International Standard Version
If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

Etheridge Translation
And if it be that I send them away fasting to their houses, they will faint in the way; for some of them come from afar.

Murdock Translation
And if I send them to their homes fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them have come from a great distance.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And yf I sende them away fastyng to their owne houses, they shall faynt by the way: for diuers of them came fro farre.

English Revised Version
and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way; and some of them are come from far.

World English Bible
If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And if I send them away fasting to their own home, they will faint by the way; for divers of them come from far.

Weymouth's New Testament
If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and if Y leeue hem fastynge in to her hous, thei schulen faile in the weie; for summe of hem camen fro fer.

Update Bible Version
and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from afar.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for some of them came from a distance.

New English Translation
If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

New King James Version
And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar."

New Living Translation
If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance."

New Life Bible
If I send them home without food, they may be too weak as they go. Many of them have come a long way."

New Revised Standard
If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way—and some of them have come from a great distance."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, if dismiss them fasting unto their home, they will be exhausted in the way, - and, certain of them, are, from afar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.

Revised Standard Version
and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long way."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And yf I shuld sende the awaye fastinge to their awne houses they shulde faynt by the waye. For dyvers of the came from farre.

Young's Literal Translation
and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yf I let them go home fro me fastynge, they shulde faynte by the waye. For some of them were come from farre.

Mace New Testament (1729)
if I send them home fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them are come very far.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Some of 'em are so weak they wouldn't even make it home before they fell out."

Contextual Overview

¹ The crowd being very great in those days, and not having anything they may eat, Jesus, calling His disciples near, said to them, ² I have pity on the crowd because now three days they remain with Me, and they do not have what they may eat. ³ And if I send them away fasting to their house, they will faint in the way, for some of them come from afar. ⁴ And His disciples answered Him, From where will anyone here be able to satisfy these with loaves in the wilderness? ⁵ And He asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven. ⁶ And He ordered the crowd to recline on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, He broke and gave to His disciples, that they might serve. And they served the crowd. ⁷ And they had a few fish. And blessing, He said for these also to be served. ⁸ And they ate, and were satisfied. And they took up over and above seven lunch-baskets of fragments. ⁹ And those eating were about four thousand. And He sent them away.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were risen, and the windows of the heavens were opened up.

Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses,.... Greek, "to their own house", or home; but all the Oriental versions render it as we do, in the plural, "their own houses", or habitations; and it seems from hence that they were now tasting, and at least had had no food all that day, whatever they might have the day before, which it not certain.

They will faint by the way; for want of food their strength will be exhausted, their animal spirits will fail, their nerves will be loosened, they will not be able to perform their journey, or get to the end of it:

for divers of them came from far; perhaps some had followed him from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, from whence he came last; and others from Decapolis, through the midst of the borders of which he passed hither; and others from different parts, who had heard of his coming; :-.

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 8:3. For divers of them came from far. — And they could not possibly reach their respective homes without perishing, unless they got food.