2 Samuel 14:5
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New International Version (©2011)
The king asked her, "What is troubling you?" She said, "I am a widow; my husband is dead.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"What's the trouble?" the king asked. "Alas, I am a widow!" she replied. "My husband is dead.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
What's the matter?" the king asked her." To tell the truth, I am a widow; my husband died," she said."

International Standard Version (©2012)
The king asked her, "What's your problem?" "I've been a widowed woman ever since my husband died," she answered.

NET Bible (©2006)
The king replied to her, "What do you want?" She answered, "I am a widow; my husband is dead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The king asked her, "What can I do for you?" She answered, "I'm a widow; my husband is dead.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the king said unto her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

American King James Version
And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

American Standard Version
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.

Darby Bible Translation
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

English Revised Version
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered; Of a truth I am a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

World English Bible
The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said unto her, what aileth thee?.... Or what is thy case? What is the condition, and what the circumstances, that thou art in, which require help and assistance? intimating that he was ready to grant it on knowledge thereof; however, he was ready to hear what she had to say:

and she answered, I am indeed a widow woman; of a truth a widow, as the Targum; she was really one, a widow indeed, as in 1 Timothy 5:3; not one that was separated from her husband, he being alive, or divorced from him on any account; and therefore she adds:

and mine husband is dead; and has been a long time; this she said to move the pity and compassion of the king, who, as the supreme magistrate in God's stead, was a Father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widow.

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Absalom's Return to Jerusalem
…4And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. 5And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead. 6And your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. …

Genesis 21:17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
2 Samuel 14:4 When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, "Help me, Your Majesty!"
2 Samuel 14:6 I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.