2 Kings 6:4

What does 2 Kings 6:4 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 6:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.

Context

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

v.4This passage

v.5But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 29:11

    your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

  • Deuteronomy 19:5

    as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

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