2 Kings 6:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?”
2 Kings 6:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 6:27 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 2 Kings 6:27 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
2 Kings 6:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?””
2 Kings 6:27 — World English Bible
2 Kings 6:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress? ”
2 Kings 6:27 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 6:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he saith, `Jehovah doth not save thee--whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?'”
2 Kings 6:27 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 6:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence should I help thee? Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress? ”
2 Kings 6:27 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 6:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he said, Seeing the Lord doeth not succour thee, howe shoulde I helpe thee with the barne, or with the wine presse?”
2 Kings 6:27 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 6:27 in Context — 2 Kings 6
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
What Does 2 Kings 6:27 Mean?
2 Kings 6:27 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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