2 Kings 6:2

What does 2 Kings 6:2 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 6:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and we take thence each one beam, and we make for ourselves there a place to dwell there;' and he saith, `Go.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let us go as far as the Jordan, and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Let us go, we pray thee, to the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.

Context

v.1And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

v.2This passage

v.3And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Timothy 6:6

    But godliness with contentment is great gain:

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8

    neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

  • John 21:3

    Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. They went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took nothing.

  • Acts 18:3

    and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

  • Acts 20:34

    Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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