2 Kings 6:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

2 Kings 6:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 6:28 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 6:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then the king asked her, “What is your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’”

2 Kings 6:28 — World English Bible

2 Kings 6:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

2 Kings 6:28 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 6:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the king saith to her, `What--to thee?' and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;”

2 Kings 6:28 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 6:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. ”

2 Kings 6:28 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 6:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Also the King said vnto her, What ayleth thee? And she answered, This woman sayde vnto me, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him to day, and we will eate my sonne to morowe,”

2 Kings 6:28 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 6:28 in Context — 2 Kings 6

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.

30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

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What Does 2 Kings 6:28 Mean?

2 Kings 6:28 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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