13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, 'Give us meat to eat!'
13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
13 Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'
13 Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people who are whining to me, 'Give us meat; we want meat.'
13 Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'
13 Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep whining to me, saying, 'Give us meat to eat!'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 11:13
Commentary on Numbers 11:10-15
(Read Numbers 11:10-15)
The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself otherwise than became him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon him. He magnified his own performances, while he had the Divine wisdom to direct him, and Almighty power to dispense rewards and punishments. He speaks distrustfully of the Divine grace. Had the work been much less he could not have gone through it in his own strength; but had it been much greater, through God strengthening him, he might have done it. Let us pray, Lord, lead us not into temptation.