The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
- BSB “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
- NKJV Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?” And she answered, “Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.
- NASB And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
- NLT “What’s the trouble?” the king asked. “Alas, I am a widow!” she replied. “My husband is dead.
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- Judg 9:8–15The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
- 2 Sam 12:1–3Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
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