Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
2 Kings 6:29 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So we boiled my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, Give your son so we may eat him, but she had hidden her son. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible So we cooked and ate my son. The next day I said to her, ‘Hand over your son so we can eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, we cooked my son, and we ate him. And I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, so that we may eat him.' But she concealed her son." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day: Give thy son that we may eat him. And she hath hid her son. |
Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Yerushalayim.
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
*'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk contrary to me;
You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.