2 Kings 6:27

6:27 He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.” ¹ 

2 Kings 6:31

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely ²  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” ³ 

¹ tn Heb “From where can I help you, from the threshing floor or the winepress?” The rhetorical question expresses the king’s frustration. He has no grain or wine to give to the masses.

² tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

³ tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”