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2 Kings 6:27

Grief

25 So 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.

26 As 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?”

28 Then 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.’

29 So 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.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
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?
WEB
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?”
ASV
And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
DARBY
And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence should I help thee? Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
BLB
And he said, “YHWH does not save you—from where do I save you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”
ÅB
Han svarte: Når Herren ikke vil hjelpe deg, hvorfra skulle da jeg hente hjelp til deg? Fra treskeplassen eller fra vinpersen?
OTB
Men han sa, "Hvis Herren ikke hjelper deg, hvorfra skal jeg hjelpe deg? Fra treskeplassen, eller fra vinpressen?"
B1930
Han svarte: Når Herren ikke vil hjelpe dig, hvorfra skulde da jeg hente hjelp til dig? Fra treskeplassen eller fra vinpersen?

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