2 Kings 6:4
2 Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
3 Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
6 “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
- KJV
- So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
- WEB
- So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
- ASV
- So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
- DARBY
- And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.
- BLB
- And he went with them, and they came to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.
- ÅB
- Så gikk han med dem, og da de kom til Jordan, tok de til å felle trær.
- OTB
- Så han gikk med dem; og da de nådde Jordan, begynte de å hugge trær.
- B1930
- Så gikk han med dem, og da de kom til Jordan, tok de til å felle trær.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 19:5
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:11
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
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