He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From of the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
- BSB He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
- NKJV And he said, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”
- NASB But he said, “If the Lord does not help you, from where am I to help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
- NLT He answered, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, what can I do? I have neither food from the threshing floor nor wine from the press to give you.”
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- Ps 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
- Ps 124:1–3A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
- Jer 17:5Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Ps 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
- Ps 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
- Ps 60:11Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
- Isa 2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
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