2 Kings 6 · Verse 27

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?

2 Kings 6:27, King James Version

2 Kings 6:27 in other translations

BSB	He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or 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?
YLT	And he saith, ‘Jehovah doth not save thee--whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?'
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?
BBE	And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?
Webster	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?

What does 2 Kings 6:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 27 If the Lord do not help thee - Some read this as an imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 6:24-33

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…

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2 Kings 6:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559

אַל\־'al-may notH408

יוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְyo.shi.'Ekhhe save youH3467

יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068

מֵאַ֖יִןme.'A.yinfrom where?H370

אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ'o.shi.'Ekhwill I save youH3467

הֲמִן\־ha.min-¿ fromH4480

הַגֹּ֖רֶןha.Go.renthe threshing floorH1637

א֥וֹ'oor?H176

מִן\־min-fromH4480

הַיָּֽקֶב\׃hai.Ya.kevthe wine-pressH3342

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 6:27

Psalms 118:8-9
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
Psalms 124:1-3
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Psalms 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 127:1
A 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If the Lord, etc. or, Let not the Lord save thee. whence.
Ps 60:11; 62:8; 118:8,9; 124:1-3; 127:1; 146:3; Isa 2:2; Jer 17:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

2 Kings 6:26
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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?
2 Kings 6:28
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.

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2 Kings 6:27 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y él dijo: Si no te salva Jehová, ¿de dónde te tengo de salvar yo? ¿del alfolí, ó del lagar?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il dit: Si l’ Éternel ne te sauve pas, comment te sauverais-je? Serait-ce au moyen de l’aire ou de la cuve?
German Elberfelder 1871	Aber er sprach: Hilft dir Jehova nicht, woher sollte ich dir helfen? von der Tenne oder von der Kelter?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Qui ait: Non te salvat Dominus: unde te possum salvare? de area, vel de torculari? Dixitque ad eam rex: Quid tibi vis? Quæ respondit: