2 Samuel 14:5
2 Samuel 14:5 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:5-7 The Message (MSG)
He said, “How can I help?” “I’m a widow,” she said. “My husband is dead. I had two sons. The two of them got into a fight out in the field and there was no one around to step between them. The one struck the other and killed him. Then the whole family ganged up against me and demanded, ‘Hand over this murderer so we can kill him for the life of the brother he murdered!’ They want to wipe out the heir and snuff out the one spark of life left to me. And then there would be nothing left of my husband—not so much as a name—on the face of the earth.
2 Samuel 14:5 King James Version (KJV)
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The king said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:5 New Century Version (NCV)
King David asked her, “What is the matter?” The woman said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:5 New International Version (NIV)
The king asked her, “What is troubling you?” She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?” And she answered, “Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.