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

25And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces. 26And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king! And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence should I help thee? Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress? 28And 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. 29And we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son.

2 Kings 6:27 word by word

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

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• winepressיֶ֫קֶבyeqeb · wineH3342

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:27

• Psalms 60:11Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
• Psalms 62:8Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.
• Psalms 118:8It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;
• Psalms 124:1If it had not been Jehovah who was for us — oh let Israel say —
• Psalms 127:1Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:
• Psalms 146:3Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
• Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
• Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

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