When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation, and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days.
2 Kings 6:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He said, “If the Lord does not help you, where would my help come from? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, [For] if he does not help you [No, let the Lord help you!], from where can I get you help? Out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress? American Standard Version (1901) And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress? Common English Bible The king said, “No! May the LORD help you! Where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: "If the Lord does not save you, how am I able to save you? From the grain floor, or from the wine press?" And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" And she responded: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? Out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered: |
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation, and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days.
Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king!”
But then the king asked her, “What is your complaint?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son; we will eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it.
Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord.