2 Samuel 14:5
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New International Version (©1984)
The king asked her, "What is troubling you?" She said, "I am indeed a widow; my husband is dead.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"What's the trouble?" the king asked. "Alas, I am a widow!" she replied. "My husband is dead.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The king asked her, "What can I do for you?" She answered, "I'm a widow; my husband is dead.

King James Bible
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

American King James Version
And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

American Standard Version
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Bible in Basic English
And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.

Darby Bible Translation
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

English Revised Version
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered; Of a truth I am a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

World English Bible
The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,

Geneva Study Bible

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

Wesley's Notes

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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.


2 Samuel 14:4 Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, "Help, O king."
2 Samuel 14:6 "Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him. (NASB ©1995)

Aileth Ails Alas Dead Dieth Husband Indeed Trouble Troubling Truth Widow

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

I am indeed It is very possible that the principal incidents mentioned here were real; and that Joab found out a person whose circumstances both had near resemblance to that which he wished to represent. She did not make the similitude too plain and visible, lest the king should see her intention before she had obtained a grant of pardon; and thus her circumstances, her mournful take, her widow's dress, her aged person, (for Josephus says she was advanced in years,) and her impressive manner, all combined to make one united irresistible impression on the heart of the aged monarch. 2Sa 12:1-3 Jud 9:8-15

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