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John 6:7
ESV Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little."
NIV Philip answered him, "It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"
NASB Philip answered Him, 'Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to receive just a little!'
CSB Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little."
NLT Philip replied, 'Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!'
KJV Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
NKJV Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

What does John 6:7 mean?

Jesus asks the disciples how they plan to handle the hungry crowd, numbering some five thousand men, presumably with many more women and children in attendance as well (John 6:10; Matthew 14:21). This is meant as a test of the disciple's faith (John 6:6). Other Gospels indicate that the disciples first attempt to send the people away to resolve their own hunger issues (Mark 6:36). Jesus' response (John 6:11) confronts their common error of starting from human effort rather than appealing to God to handle the results.

Philip, it seems, was focused on a financial solution to the problem. In that era, a worker would earn about one denarius for a day's labor. Two hundred denarii would be a common man's pay for two hundred days. The crowd, numbering five thousand men—not counting whatever women and children were there—would have required the wages from eight month's labor just to give each one a taste. Sarcastic or not, Philip's stance is that attempting to feed so many people is effectively impossible since it would be incredibly expensive.
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