2 Kings 6:28

2 Kings chapter 6 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.27And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

v.28This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 9:20
And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Judges 18:23
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
Psalms 114:5
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?
Leviticus 26:29
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Matthew 24:18
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Genesis 21:17
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.