2 Samuel 14:5
“And the king said vnto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.”
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2 Samuel 14:5 Context
3And come to the king, and speake on this maner vnto him: so Ioab put the words in her mouth. 4¶ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, shee fell on her face to the ground, and did obeysance, and said, Helpe, O king. 5And the king said vnto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 6And thy handmayd had two sonnes, and they two stroue together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. 7And behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmayd, and they said, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew, and we will destroy the heire also: and so they shall quench my cole which is left, and shall not leaue to my husband neither name nor remainder vpon the earth.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 14:5
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
- King James Version
The king said to her, "What is your trouble? And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
- Basic English Bible
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
- Darby Bible
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
- Webster's Bible
The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
- World English Bible
And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?' and she saith, `Truly a widow woman [am] I, and my husband dieth,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the king said unto her: 'What aileth thee?' And she answered: 'Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 14:5
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.