2 Kings 6:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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 barnfloor ... - The king means that both were empty - that he had no longer any food in store; and therefore could not help the woman. Compare Hosea 9:2.

2 Kings 6:27

27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?