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2 Kings 6:28

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

Mulier ista dixit mihi : Da filium tuum, ut comedamus eum hodie, et filium meum comedemus cras.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ βασιλεύς Τί ἔστιν σοι; καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή Αὕτη εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Δὸς τὸν υἱόν σου, καὶ φαγόμεθα αὐτὸν σήμερον· καὶ τὸν υἱόν μου, καὶ φαγόμεθα αὐτὸν αὔριον.

LXX

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

וַ/יֹּֽאמֶר לָ֥/הּ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ מַה לָּ֑/ךְ וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶר הָ/אִשָּׁ֨ה הַ/זֹּ֜את אָמְרָ֣ה אֵלַ֗/י תְּנִ֤י אֶת בְּנֵ/ךְ֙ וְ/נֹאכְלֶ֣/נּוּ הַ/יּ֔וֹם וְ/אֶת בְּנִ֖/י נֹאכַ֥ל מָחָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מָחָר֙
mchr
noun · 52×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 6:25 — 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 silv
  • 2Sam 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.
  • Deut 28:53 — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall d
  • Isa 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
  • Judg 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?
  • Lam 4:10 — The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.