2 Samuel 14:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The king asked her, "What can I do for you?" She answered, "I'm a widow; my husband is dead.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

ASV:

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

BBE:

And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

DBY:

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

ERV:

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered; Of a truth I am a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

JPS:

And the king said unto her: 'What aileth thee?' And she answered: 'Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead.

WBS:

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

WEB:

The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

YLT:

And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,

2 Samuel 14:5 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 14:4 Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, "Help, O king."

2 Samuel 14:6 "Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

14:5 Widow - One of them who most need thy compassion, and whom thou art by God's law obliged in a singular manner to relieve.

MHC:

14:1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.

CONC:

Aileth Ails Alas Dead Dieth Husband Indeed Trouble Truly Truth Widow

Aileth Ails Alas Dead Dieth Husband Indeed Trouble Troubling Truth Widow

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