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From the threshing floor? From the winepress?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He answered, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, what can I do? I have neither food from the threshing floor nor wine from the press to give you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said, “If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he said, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But he said, “If the LORD does not help you, from where am I to help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He said, &#8220If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he said, “If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He said, “If Yahweh does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He said, “If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I get you help? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He answered, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He answered, &#8220If the LORD doesn&#8217t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Let the LORD help you!" the king said. "Do you think I have grain or wine to give you?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He answered, "If the LORD doesn't help you, how can I help you? I can't give you something from the threshing floor or the winepress." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He replied, "If the LORD won't help you, what help can I provide? Do I have any wheat or wine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He replied, "No! Since the LORD won't give you victory, how will I be able to deliver you? From the threshing floor? From the wine press?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He answered, ?If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He replied, "No, let the LORD help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He said, "If the LORD doesn't help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he said, If the LORD doth not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From of the threshing floor, or from the wine press?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he says, “YHWH does not save you—from where do I save you? Out of the threshing-floor or out of the wine-vat?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he saith, 'Jehovah doth not save thee -- whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say, Wilt not Jehovah save thee, from whence shall I save thee from the threshing-floor or from the wine-press?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said: “If the Lord does not save you, how am I able to save you? From the grain floor, or from the wine press?” And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” And she responded:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He replied, “If the LORD does not save you, where could I find means to save you? On the threshing floor? In the wine press?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He said, “No! Let the LORD help you. How can I help you? From the threshing floor or from the wine press?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he said to her, Let the LORD help you; whence shall I help you? Out of the threshing floor or out of the wine press?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he said to her: “LORD JEHOVAH shall save you! From where shall I save you, from the granary or from the winepress?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he said: 'If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshingfloor, or out of the winepress?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he said to her, Unless the Lord help thee, whence shall I help thee? from the corn-floor, or from the wine-press?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/6-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2091" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/6.htm">The Siege and Famine of Samaria</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He answered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">“If the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: yō·wō·ši·‘êḵ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 2fs) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">help you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/370.htm" title="370: mê·’a·yin (Prep-m:: Adv) -- Whence?. Probably identical with 'ayin in the sense of query.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: ’ō·wō·šî·‘êḵ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">can I find help for you?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: hă·min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">From</a> <a href="/hebrew/1637.htm" title="1637: hag·gō·ren (Art:: N-fs) -- Threshing floor. From an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing- floor; by analogy, any open area.">the threshing floor</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3342.htm" title="3342: hay·yā·qeḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Wine vat. From an unused root meaning to excavate; a trough; specifically, a wine-vat.">the winepress?”</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4</a></span><br />The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a></span><br />Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53</a></span><br />Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a></span><br />You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42-44</a></span><br />Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2</a></span><br />But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">2 Kings 7:17-20</a></span><br />Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him. / It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.” / And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Isaiah 3:1</a></span><br />For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a></span><br />There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Revelation 6:5-6</a></span><br />And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. / And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-32.htm">Matthew 15:32-38</a></span><br />Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.” / The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?” / “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he said, If the LORD do not help you, from where shall I help you? out of the barn floor, or out of the wine press?</p><p class="hdg">If the lord, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/60-11.htm">Psalm 60:11</a></b></br> Give us help from trouble: for vain <i>is</i> the help of man.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Psalm 62:8</a></b></br> Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God <i>is</i> a refuge for us. Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/118-8.htm">Psalm 118:8,9</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-21.htm">Grain-Floor</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-17.htm">Press</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm">Save</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">Threshingfloor</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">Threshing-Floor</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-2.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/judges/7-25.htm">Winepress</a> <a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Wine-Press</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Wine-Vat</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Grain-Floor</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-26.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Press</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-4.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Threshingfloor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Threshing-Floor</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Winepress</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Wine-Press</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Wine-Vat</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-1.htm">Elisha, allowing the young prophets to enlarge dwellings, floats an axhead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">He discloses the king of Syria's counsel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-13.htm">The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is blinded</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-19.htm">Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm">The king sends to slay Elisha</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He answered, “If the LORD does not help you,</b><br>This phrase reflects the dire situation in Samaria during the siege by the Arameans. The king of Israel, likely Joram, acknowledges the limitations of human power and the necessity of divine intervention. This echoes the biblical theme that true deliverance comes from God alone, as seen in Psalms 121:1-2, where the psalmist looks to the Lord for help. The king's response also highlights a moment of desperation and recognition of human insufficiency, a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>where can I find help for you?</b><br>The rhetorical question underscores the helplessness of the king and the people. It suggests that without God's intervention, no earthly resource or strategy can provide salvation. This sentiment is mirrored in other biblical narratives, such as the plight of the Israelites in Egypt, where only God's power could deliver them from bondage (<a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Exodus 14:13-14</a>). The king's question also serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where reliance on God is paramount.<p><b>From the threshing floor or the winepress?”</b><br>Threshing floors and winepresses were symbols of agricultural abundance and prosperity in ancient Israel. However, during the siege, these places would be empty, symbolizing the famine and lack of resources. The mention of these locations highlights the severity of the situation, as they were typically associated with harvest and provision. This imagery is used elsewhere in Scripture to depict judgment or blessing, such as in <a href="/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24</a>, where a future restoration is promised with overflowing threshing floors and winepresses. The king's mention of these places emphasizes the futility of seeking help from earthly means when divine intervention is absent.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_of_israel.htm">King of Israel</a></b><br>The unnamed king during the time of the Aramean siege of Samaria, likely King Jehoram, who is faced with a dire situation and is approached by a desperate woman.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which is under siege by the Arameans, leading to severe famine and desperation among its inhabitants.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_desperate_woman.htm">The Desperate Woman</a></b><br>A woman who approaches the king with a grievous complaint, highlighting the extreme conditions and moral decay resulting from the siege.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, whom the king references, acknowledging that ultimate help and deliverance can only come from Him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/threshing_floor_and_winepress.htm">Threshing Floor and Winepress</a></b><br>Symbolic of agricultural abundance, these are mentioned rhetorically by the king to emphasize the lack of resources and human inability to provide help.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The king's rhetorical question underscores the futility of relying on human resources in times of crisis. Believers are reminded to place their trust in God, who is the ultimate source of help and deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_sovereignty.htm">Recognizing God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The acknowledgment that only the LORD can provide help serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over all circumstances. In times of distress, believers should turn to God, recognizing His power and authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin_and_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Sin and Disobedience</a></b><br>The dire situation in Samaria is a result of Israel's disobedience and turning away from God. This serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to God's commands to avoid similar consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_crisis.htm">The Role of Leadership in Crisis</a></b><br>The king's response reflects the responsibility of leaders to guide their people towards God in times of crisis. Christian leaders are called to point others to Christ, the ultimate source of hope and help.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_kings_6_16-17__literal_or_symbolic.htm">2 Kings 6:16-17: Where is the evidence for invisible chariots of fire, and should we take this as literal or symbolic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_extra-biblical_proof_of_isaiah_27_13.htm">If Isaiah 27:13 predicts a grand return of exiles, why are there no extra-biblical accounts confirming a major regathering at that specific time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_the_discrepancy_on_jehoshaphat's_actions.htm">In 1 Kings 22:43, why does the text imply Jehoshaphat removed high places when 2 Chronicles 20:33 suggests otherwise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elisha_blind_and_unblind_foes.htm">2 Kings 6:18-20: How could Elisha strike an entire enemy force with blindness and then restore their sight?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">If the Lord do not help thee.</span>--This is right. The marginal rendering, "Let not the Lord help thee!"--i.e., "May the Lord destroy thee!" would be possible in another context. Another rendering is, "Nay (i.e., do not supplicate me), let the Lord help thee!"<p><span class= "bld">Out of the barnfloor.</span>--Comp. Hosea ix 2.: "The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her." Jehoram, in the irony of despair, reminds the woman of what she well knows--viz., that the corn and wine, the staple foods of the time, are long since exhausted. The words, "If the Lord do not help thee," may be compared with <a href="/2_kings/3-10.htm" title="And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!">2Kings 3:10</a>, "Alas! that the Lord hath called," &c. The character of Jehoram is consistently drawn. But perhaps the point is: "Jehovah alone is the giver of corn and wine (<a href="/context/hosea/2-8.htm" title="For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.">Hosea 2:8-9</a>). Appeal not to me for these."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he said, If the Lord do not help thee.</span> This is probably the true mean-tug. The king is not so brutal as to "curse" the woman (<span class="greek">ἐπηράσατο αὐτή τὸν Θεόν</span>, Josephus, ' Ant. Jud.,' 9:4. § 4); neither does he take upon himself to tell her that God will not save her (Maurer). He merely refers her to God, as alone competent to do what she asks. <span class="cmt_word">Whence shall I help thee?</span> Whence, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, dost thou suppose that I can save thee? <span class="cmt_word">Out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?</span> Dost thou suppose that I have stores of food at my disposal? An overflowing barnfloor, where abundant corn is garnered, or a winepress full of the juice of the grape? I have nothing of the kind; my stores are as much exhausted as those of the meanest of my subjects. I cannot save thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/6-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He answered,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“If the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">help you,</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wō·ši·‘êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאַ֖יִן</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’a·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_370.htm">Strong's 370: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whence?</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can I find help for you?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wō·šî·‘êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">From</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲמִן־</span> <span class="translit">(hă·min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the threshing floor</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגֹּ֖רֶן</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·ren)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1637.htm">Strong's 1637: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing-floor, open area</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the winepress?”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּֽקֶב׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yā·qeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3342.htm">Strong's 3342: </a> </span><span class="str2">A trough, a wine-vat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-27.htm">2 Kings 6:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 6:27 He said If Yahweh doesn't help you (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 6:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 6:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 6:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 6:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>