God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy crying from the place where he is.
2 Kings 6:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the king asked her, ‘What’s the matter? ’ She said, ‘This woman said to me, “Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But then the king asked her, “What’s troubling you?” She answered, “A woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we can eat him today; we’ll eat my son tomorrow.’ Catholic Public Domain Version "This woman said to me: 'Give your son, so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. |
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, ‘What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy crying from the place where he is.
‘What’s the matter? ’ the king asked her. ‘Sadly, I am a widow; my husband died,’ she said.
He answered, ‘If the Lord doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing-floor or the winepress? ’
A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?
‘Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children; they became their food during the destruction of my dear people.
As a result, fathers will eat their sons within Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgements against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.
You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
Look, the days are coming when they will say, “Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never fed! ”
They called to the Danites, who turned to face them, and said to Micah, ‘What’s the matter with you that you mustered the men? ’
‘Hannah, why are you crying? ’ her husband, Elkanah, would ask. ‘Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons? ’