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2 Kings 6:27
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
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Study note
Setting — The king of Israel responds to a desperate woman crying out on the city wall during the siege. He answers her plea with a rhetorical question about the source of true aid.
The words — יְהוָ֔ה (Yah.weh) denotes the covenant name Yahweh, while מֵ/אַ֖יִן (me./'A.yin) literally means “from where?” The king uses these terms to contrast divine provision with agricultural abundance.
The thread — This theme of exclusive reliance on God appears in Psalms 118:8, 124:1, and 60:11, which warn against trusting human strength. The same rhetorical pattern rejects earthly sources like the threshing floor or winepress in favor of Yahweh.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that human resources cannot resolve existential crisis. It requires the reader to locateI have to answer now.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
Cross-references
- Psalms 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Psalms 124:1 A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—
- Psalms 60:11 Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalms 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Psalms 127:1 A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Psalms 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Jeremiah 17:5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Isaiah 2:2 In 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.