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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 6:27

If the LORD do not help thee. Hebrew reads "Let not Jehovah help thee", as in Authorized Version margin The Revised Version "Nay, let Jehovah help thee", is contrary to the normal sense of this negative. Ginsburg suggests that 'al (not) is an abbreviation for 'im lo, which is the exact equivalent for the Authorized Version text.

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See also 2 Kings 6:27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 27. _IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE_] Some read this as an _imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee_?...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP - The translation in the text is decidedly better than the marginal rendering. Some prefer to render - “Nay ... let Jehovah help thee. Whence, shall I help thee?” OUT OF THE BA...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The lost axe-head recovered (2 Kings 6:1)_ 2. Elisha makes known Ben-hadad's plans (2 Kings 6:8) 3. Elisha's arrest planned (2 Kings 6:13) 4. The blinded

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 Kings 6:24 to 2 Kings 7:20. THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA. The date and source of this episode need discussion. The name of the king of Syria, as in 1 Kings 20, was Ben-hadad; the king of Israel is not named...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AN AXEHEAD SWIMS. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS AT DOTHAN. In several minor miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word, but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying waters...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    If _the Lord do not help thee_ There is some difficulty here. The word rendered -if … not" is that which in Hebrew is generally put with an imperative = -Let not". So that the sense would be -May the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. ELISHA'S PREDICTIVE MIRACLES 6:24-8:15 Three predictive miracles of Elisha are recorded in connection with this period of Aramean invasion: He predicted (1) the deliverance of Samaria from an Aram...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE? OUT OF THE BARNFLOOR, OR OUT OF THE WINEPRESS?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ELISHA AND THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA 1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan (2 Kings 6:2) suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2 Kings 2:5. Probably Elisha did...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 THE AXE THAT THE MAN LOST V1 The group of the *prophets spoke to Elisha. ‘The place where we meet with you is too s...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE. — This is right. The marginal rendering, “Let not the Lord help thee!” — i.e., “May the Lord destroy thee!” would be possible in another context. Another rendering is, “N...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַל ־יֹושִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מֵ אַ֖י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE FAMINE AND THE SIEGE 2 Kings 6:24; 2 Kings 7:1 "‘Tis truly no flood plan when princes play The vulture among carrion; but when They play the carrion among vultures-that Is ten times worse....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DIRE STRAITS OF THOSE WHO FORSAKE GOD 2 Kings 6:24 This siege was the result of Ahab's foolish and misplaced leniency. See 1 Kings 20:42. The children are often called to suffer for the misdeeds...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The growt...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the (o) barnfloor, or out of the winepress? (o) Meaning, any kind of food as corn and wine....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER VI. _ Save ( salvat.) Many ancient manuscripts read salvet, conformably to the Hebrew and Septuagint, as if the king cursed the woman: "Let not the Lord save thee," Josephus [Antiquities?] ix...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    To what a dreadful state was Israel now reduced; but yet not a word of reform. We do not hear of a single soul sending up a cry to heaven. Alas! how sin hardens the mind! And to what a dreadful degree...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of J...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The sons of the prophets must enlarge their dwelling-place, and Elisha, who consents to go with them, secures them from the results of their negligence by reversing the laws of nature. I know not if w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE?.... Mistaking her meaning, as if she prayed him to relieve her hunger; the margin of our Bible is, "let not the Lord save thee"; an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? Ver. 27. _If the Lord do not help thee._] Or - by way of angry imprecation - Let no...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The king of Israel was passing on the wall_ To give necessary directions for the defence of the city against assault; to see if the several guards were watchful and diligent, and if his orders were e...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to inlarge their dwellings, causeth yron to swim. 8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his counsell. 13 The armie which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elish...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he said, in bitterness verging on despair, IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, WHENCE SHALL I HELP THEE, OUT OF THE BARN-FLOOR, the product of threshing, grain or flour, OR OUT OF THE WINE-PRESS? It was...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GREAT FAMINE IN SAMARIA...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    "TOO SMALL FOR US" (vv.1-7) The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far as the record goes) that indicated th...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE: Or, Let not the Lord save thee...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IF THE LORD DO NOT HELP THEE, or, _let not God help thee_, as some both ancient and late interpreters render the words. So they are words of impatience, and rage, and a formal curse, wishing that God...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 6:27 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 help H3467 (H8686) where H370 help H3467 (H8686) floor...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Elisha recovers the lost axe. Seige of Samaria by Syrians. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Ben-hadad, Jehoram, nameless woman. CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees can see more than the philosop...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 6:1. _Sons of the prophets._ See on 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5. Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their college was a plain home-built house....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And there was a great famine in Samaria._ FAMINE, A JUDGMENT OF GOD The language of truth, you perceive, formed the first portion of his words, and the language of despair the conclusion. I. That w...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:26 HELP, MY LORD, O KING. The plea is directed to the king as the ultimate court of human justice, as in 1 Kings 3:16. Israel has strayed a

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 6:19. I WILL BRING YOU TO THE MAN WHOM YE SEEK—This was an evasion for a good purpose, and not an untruth, for Elisha did bring them to him, vanquished and gr...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-7:20 FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. The historian relates first a (comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of Jericho, for the benefit of one of the ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very bra...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 17:5; Psalms 118:8; Psalms 118:9; Psalms 124:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Whence shall I help thee — Dost thou ask of me corn or wine, which I want for myself? If God does not, I cannot help thee. Creatures are helpless things without God. Every creature is all that, and on...

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