2 Kings 6:27 · 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? {If...: or, Let not the LORD save thee}”
— 2 Kings 6:27
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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.
2 Kings 6 — Context
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was {sold} for fourscore {pieces} of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five {pieces} of silver.
26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? {If...: or, Let not the LORD save thee}
28And 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.
29So 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. {next: Heb. other}
Cross References
Psalms 118:8-9
{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
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;
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 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}
Psalms 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain {is} the help of man. {help of man: Heb. salvation, etc}
Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times; {ye} people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah.
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. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}
Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, {that} the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. {established: or, prepared}