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?
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2 Kings 6:27
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
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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?”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from 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?’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 6
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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.
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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Psalm 118:8-9[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.Psalm 124:1-3A Song of degrees of David. If [it had] not [been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.Psalm 127:1A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.Psalm 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.Psalm 146:3Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.Psalm 60:11Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
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