2 Kings 6:27
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?
In context
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.
2 Kings 6:27 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he saith, 'Jehovah doth not save thee — whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence should I help thee? Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, If the LORD doth not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press?