2 Kings 6:26

In 11 translations

BSB

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

KJV

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

WEB

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

ASV

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

LSV

And it comes to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman has cried to him, saying, “Save, my lord, O king.”

YLT

And it cometh to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman hath cried unto him, saying, 'Save, my lord, O king.'

DBY

And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king!

DRC

And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.

GNV

And as the King of Israel was going vpon the wall, there cryed a woman vnto him, saying, Helpe, my lord, O King.

JPS

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying: 'Help, my lord, O king.'

LXXE

And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַֽיְהִי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֹבֵ֖ר עַל־הַחֹמָ֑ה וְאִשָּׁ֗ה צָעֲקָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἦν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ διαπορευόμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους· καὶ γυνὴ ἐβόησε πρὸς αὐτὸν, λέγουσα, Σῶσον κύριε βασιλεῦ.

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• 2 Samuel 14:4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
• Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
• Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

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