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Source language
Original Greek   
ἦσαν γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι. εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ· Κατακλίνατε αὐτοὺς κλισίας ⸀ὡσεὶ ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
esan gar osei andres pentakiskhilioi. eipen de pros tous mathetas autou* Kataklinate autous klisias rosei ana pentekonta.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
erant autem fere viri quinque milia ait autem ad discipulos suos facite illos discumbere per convivia quinquagenos

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in companies.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
New King James Version   
For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”
21st Century King James Version   
For they were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down by fifties in a company.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For there were about five thousand men, and Yeshua said, “Make them recline by groups of fifty men in a group.”
Darby Bible Translation   
for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
God's Word   
(There were about five thousand men.) Then he told his disciples, "Have them sit in groups of about fifty."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
(For about 5,000 men were there.) Then He told His disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about 50 each."
International Standard Version   
Now there were about 5,000 men. So he told his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about 50."
NET Bible   
(Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
New American Standard Bible   
(For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each."
New International Version   
(About five thousand men were there.) But he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
New Living Translation   
For there were about 5,000 men there. Jesus replied, "Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each."
Webster's Bible Translation   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
Weymouth New Testament   
But He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."
The World English Bible   
For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
EasyEnglish Bible   
There were about 5,000 men in the crowd. Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Tell the people that they should sit down on the ground in groups. There should be about 50 people in each group.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, `Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'
New Life Version   
There were about five thousand men. Jesus said to His followers, “Have them sit down in groups of fifty people.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”
The Voice Bible   
Jesus: No. You give them something to eat. Disciples: Are You kidding? There are at least 5,000 men here, not to mention women and children. All we have are five loaves and two fish. The only way we could provide for them would be to go to a nearby city and buy cartloads of food. That would cost a small fortune. Jesus: Just do this: organize them in little communities of about 50 people each and have them sit down.
Living Bible   
For there were about 5,000 men there! “Just tell them to sit down on the ground in groups of about fifty each,” Jesus replied.
New Catholic Bible   
For there were present about five thousand men. Then he instructed his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
(For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies of fifty.
Christian Standard Bible   
(For about five thousand men were there.) Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For there were about 5,000 men. And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Have them [sit down] reclining in table groups (companies) of about fifty each.
New Century Version   
(There were about five thousand men there.) Jesus said to his followers, “Tell the people to sit in groups of about fifty people.”
The Message   
“You feed them,” Jesus said. They said, “We couldn’t scrape up more than five loaves of bread and a couple of fish—unless, of course, you want us to go to town ourselves and buy food for everybody.” (There were more than five thousand people in the crowd.) But he went ahead and directed his disciples, “Sit them down in groups of about fifty.” They did what he said, and soon had everyone seated. He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread and fish to the disciples to hand out to the crowd. After the people had all eaten their fill, twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered up.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
(There were about five thousand men.) He said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For there were about five thousand men. He said · to · his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
New Matthew Bible   
And there were about 5,000 men. And he said to his disciples, Have them sit down in groups of fifty.
Good News Translation®   
(There were about five thousand men there.) Jesus said to his disciples, “Make the people sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Wycliffe Bible   
And the men were almost five thousand. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit to meat by companies, a fifty together.
New Testament for Everyone   
(There were about five thousand men.) “Get them to sit down,” Jesus said to them, “in groups of around fifty each.”
Contemporary English Version   
There were about 5,000 men in the crowd. Jesus said to his disciples, “Tell the people to sit in groups of 50.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“You give them something to eat!” returned Jesus. “But we’ve nothing here,” they replied, “except five loaves and two fish, unless you want us to go and buy food for all this crowd?” (There were approximately five thousand men there). Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Get them to sit down in groups of about fifty.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, ‘Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
(They said this because about five thousand men were present.) Jesus said to his disciples, “Seat them in groups of about fifty.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
(For there were about 5,000 men.) And He said to His disciples, “Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Now the men there numbered about five thousand. Then he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of [about] fifty.”
New American Standard Bible   
(For there were about five thousand men.) But He said to His disciples, “Have them recline to eat in groups of about fifty each.”
The Expanded Bible   
(There were about five thousand men there.) Jesus said to his ·followers [disciples], “Tell the people to sit in groups of about fifty people.”
Tree of Life Version   
For there were about five thousand men. Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “Have the people recline in groups of about fifty each.”
Revised Standard Version   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.”
New International Reader's Version   
About 5,000 men were there. But Jesus said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about 50 each.”
BRG Bible   
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
Complete Jewish Bible   
(For there were about five thousand men.) He said to his talmidim, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
There were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, `Tell the people to sit down in groups of fifty.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, ‘Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For there were about chamesh elafim anashim (five thousand). But Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to his talmidim, Have them recline [as at a farbrengen (inspirational gathering)], and chamishim (fifty) in a group. [TEHILLIM 23:2]
Names of God Bible   
(There were about five thousand men.) Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit in groups of about fifty.”
Modern English Version   
There were about five thousand men. But He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
(There were about 5000 men there.) Jesus said to his followers, “Tell the people to sit in groups of about 50 people.”
International Children’s Bible   
(There were about 5,000 men there.) Jesus said to his followers, “Tell the people to sit in groups of about 50 people.”
Lexham English Bible   
(For there were about five thousand men.) So he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
New International Version - UK   
(About five thousand men were there.) But he said to his disciples, ‘Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For there were about five-thousand men. And He said to His disciples, “Make them lie-down [to eat] in eating-groups— about fifty each”.