Luke 5:6
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New International Version (©2011)
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear!

English Standard Version (©2001)
And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

International Standard Version (©2012)
After the men had done this, they caught so many fish that the nets began to tear.

NET Bible (©2006)
When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And when they had done this, they caught very many fish and the net was breaking.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
After the men had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish: and their net broke.

American King James Version
And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.

American Standard Version
And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes, and their net broke.

Darby Bible Translation
And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes. And their net broke.

English Revised Version
And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking;

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.

Weymouth New Testament
This they did, and enclosed a vast number of fish; and their nets began to break.

World English Bible
When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

Young's Literal Translation
And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:1-11 When Christ had done preaching, he told Peter to apply to the business of his calling. Time spent on week days in public exercises of religion, need be but little hinderance in time, and may be great furtherance to us in temper of mind, as to our worldly business. With what cheerfulness may we go about the duties of our calling, when we have been with God, and thus have our worldly employments sanctified to us by the word and prayer! Though they had taken nothing, yet Christ told them to let down their nets again. We must not abruptly quit our callings because we have not the success in them we desire. We are likely to speed well, when we follow the guidance of Christ's word. The draught of fishes was by a miracle. We must all, like Peter, own ourselves to be sinful men, therefore Jesus Christ might justly depart from us. But we must beseech him that he would not depart; for woe unto us if the Saviour depart from sinners! Rather let us entreat him to come and dwell in our hearts by faith, that he may transform and cleanse them. These fishermen forsook all, and followed Jesus, when their calling prospered. When riches increase, and we are tempted to set our hearts upon them, then to quit them for Christ is thankworthy.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - And their net brake. Augustine beautifully compares the broken and torn net to the Church that now is, full of divisions and rents; the net unrent and untorn will be the Church of the future, which will know no schisms.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they had done this,.... Had put the ship out further to sea, and had let down their net:

they enclosed a great multitude of fish; in their net, which by the secret divine power of Christ, were gathered together just in that place, where by his order they cast the net:

and their net brake; with the weight and number, of the fishes, yet not so as to let the fish out; the Arabic version reads, "it was within a little that their nets were broke": they were just upon breaking, the draught was so numerous, the struggling so great, and the weight so heavy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. net brake—rather "was breaking," or "beginning to break," as in Lu 5:7, "beginning to sink."

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Jesus Calls His First Disciples
…5And Simon answering said to him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at your word I will let down the net. 6And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke. 7And they beckoned to their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. …

Luke 5:7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
John 21:6 He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.