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


In Context

2 and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, 'Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,

3 and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.

4 And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, 'Save, O king.'

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

6 and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

7 and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left — so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.'

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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