The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
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The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 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.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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