2 Kings 6:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day, I said to her, 'Give me your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden her son."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So we boiled{H1310} my son,{H1121} and did eat{H398} him: and I said{H559} unto her on the next{H312} day,{H3117} Give{H5414} thy son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} him; and she hath hid{H2244} her son.{H1121}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So we boiled{H1310}{(H8762)} my son{H1121}, and did eat{H398}{(H8799)} him: and I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her on the next{H312} day{H3117}, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} thy son{H1121}, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)} him: and she hath hid{H2244}{(H8686)} her son{H1121}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So we sod my sonne, & haue eaten him, and I sayde vnto her on ye thirde daye: Geue vs thy sonne and let vs eate him, but she hath hyd him awaye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So we sod my sonne, and did eate him: & I saide to her the day after, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him, but she hath hid her sonne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so we dressed my sonne, and dyd eate him: And I sayde to her the other day, bring thy sonne, that we may eate him: And she hath hyd her sonne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So, boiling my son, we had a meal of him; and on the day after I said to her, Now give your son for our food; but she has put her son in a secret place.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him;' and she has hidden her son."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So we boiled my son and ate him. Then I said to her the next day,‘Hand over your son and we’ll eat him.’ But she hid her son!”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:29 : 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
  • Deut 28:53 : 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you:
  • Deut 28:57 : 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
  • 1 Kgs 3:26 : 26 Then the woman whose the living child was, spoke to the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
  • Isa 66:13 : 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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    28 And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

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    30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

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    29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.

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    22 And the other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And this said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

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