5And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.


In Context

2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, feign yourself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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

6 And your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the earth.

2 Samuel 14:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:5The king asked her, "What is troubling you?" She said, "I am indeed a widow; my husband is dead.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered; Of a truth I am a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5The king said to her, |What ails you?| She answered, |Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5And the king saith to her, 'What — to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,