Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And the king said to her, What ails you? And she said, This woman said to me, Give your son so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

New American Standard Bible

And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter?”

She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’

International Standard Version

Then the king asked her, "What's bothering you?"

A Conservative Version

And the king said to her, What troubles thee? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give thy son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

Bible in Basic English

And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

Darby Translation

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king will say to her, What to thee? and she will say, This woman said to me, Thou shalt give thy son, and we will eat him this day, and my son we will eat to-morrow.

King James 2000

And the king said unto her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The king said to her, "{What is the problem}?" Then the woman said, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son, and let us eat him today, then tomorrow we will eat my son.'

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said the king to her, "What aileth thee?" And she answered, "This woman here said to me, 'Bring thy son and let us eat him today, and we will eat mine tomorrow.'

NET Bible

Then the king asked her, "What's your problem?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Hand over your son; we'll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.'

New Heart English Bible

The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

The Emphasized Bible

And the king said to her - What aileth thee? And she said - This woman, said unto me - Give thy son, that we may eat him, to-day, and, my son, will we eat to-morrow.

Webster

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? and she answered, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

World English Bible

The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

unto me, Give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

that we may eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

him to day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and we will eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

References

Easton

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Besieged Samaria Resorts To Cannibalism

27 And he said, if Jehovah does not help you, from where shall I help you? Out of the barn-floor, or out of the winepress? 28 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she said, This woman said to me, Give your son so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29 And we boiled my son and ate him. And I said to her on the other day, Give your son so that we may eat him. And she has hidden her son.


Cross References

Judges 18:23

And they cried to the sons of Dan. And they turned their faces and said to Micah, What ails you, that you have been called together?

Genesis 21:17

And God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of the heavens, and said to her, What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

Leviticus 26:29

And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters you shall eat.

Deuteronomy 28:53-57

And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which Jehovah your God has given you, in the siege and in the anguish with which your enemies shall distress you.

1 Samuel 1:8

And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?

2 Samuel 14:5

And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow, and my husband died.

Psalm 114:5

What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back,

Isaiah 9:20-21

And he shall cut off on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left, and they shall not be satisfied. Each man shall eat the flesh of his own arm;

Isaiah 22:1

The burden against the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of the pitying women have boiled their own children; they became their food in the ruin of the daughter of my people.

Ezekiel 5:10

So the fathers shall eat the sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments in you, and I will scatter the whole remnant of you into all the winds.

Matthew 24:18-21

nor let him in the field turn back to take his clothes.

Luke 23:29

For behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which did not suckle.

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