2 Kings 6:27

2 Kings 6:27 in other versions

• King James Version (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?
• New International Version (NIV)The king replied, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "If the Lord will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he said, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”

Context of 2 Kings 6:27

25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver. 26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?” 28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ 29So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

2 Kings 6:27 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַל־יוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מֵאַ֖יִן אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ הֲמִן־הַגֹּ֖רֶן א֥וֹ מִן־הַיָּֽקֶב׃Read the interlinear

• He answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• If the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• does notאַל'al · notH408
• help youיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• whereאַ֫יִן'ayin · where?H370
• Fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the threshing floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• orאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• the winepressיֶ֫קֶבyeqeb · wineH3342

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:27

• Psalms 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
• Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
• Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
• Psalms 124:1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
• Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
• Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
• Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27If the Lord do not help thee - Some read this as an imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27If the Lord do not help - The translation in the text is decidedly better than the marginal rendering. Some prefer to render - “Nay … let Jehovah help thee. Whence, shall I help thee?” Out of the barnfloor … - The king means that both were empty - that he had no longer any food in store; and therefore could not help the woman. Compare Hosea 9:2.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the woman may be the language of despair. See the word of God fulfilled; among the threatenings of God's judgments upon Israel for their sins, this was one, that they should eat the flesh of their own children, De 28:53-57. The truth and the awful justice…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-29Cannibalism (the act of eating human flesh) in extreme times was part of God’s warning of judgment for unfaithfulness and disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:53, 57). It also happened during the siege that led to Jerusalem's fall (Lamentations 4:9–10).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 6:27

• Armies
• Barn
• Famine
• Israel
• Samaria
• Siege
• Threshing

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings