2 Kings 6:27

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“He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?””

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BSBPD

“He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he saith, `Jehovah doth not save thee--whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 6:27 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
  2. Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
  3. Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
  4. Psalms 124:1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
  5. Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  6. Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
  7. Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  8. Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

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