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II Kings 6:Verse 2

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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.

1 Corinthians 9:62 Thessalonians 3:81 Thessalonians 2:9John 21:3Acts 18:3
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What Does II Kings 6:2 Mean?

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"The decision of the prophets to go to the "Jordan" each to take a beam reveals a commitment to shared labor and communal provision. They do not ask fo..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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.

American Standard Version
ASV

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.

American King James Version
AKJV

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

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

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.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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.'

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

Please let us go to the Jordan, and every man take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell." He answered, "Go!"

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

Please let us go to the Jordan, and every man take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell." He answered, "Go!"

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

Please let us go to the Jordan, and every man take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell." He answered, "Go!"

Darby Translation
Darby

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.

Webster Bible
Webster

Let us go, we pray thee, to 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.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

Let vs nowe goe to Iorden, that we may take thence euery man a beame, and make vs a place to dwell in. And he answered, Goe.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

Let us go, we pray thee, as far as the Jordan, and fetch from thence every man a single beam, and let us make us a place wherein we may sit. And he said—Go ye.

Literal Translation
LITV

Please let us go to the Jordan, and we each one shall take a beam from there. And we shall make for ourselves a place there, to live there. And he said, Go.

Modern King James
MKJV

Please let us go to Jordan. And let each man take a beam from there. And let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.

Updated King James
UKJV

Let us go, we pray you, 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 all of you.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Let us please go to the Jordan and each bring from there one log that we might make a place there for us to live.” Then he said, “Do so.”

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

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.'

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

Let us go as far as the Jordan, and let us each take from the forest a piece of timber, so that we may build for ourselves a place to live there.” And he said, “Go.”

Berean Study Bible
BSB

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.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

go we `til to Jordan, and ech man take of the wode `a mater for hym silf, that we bild to vs here a place to dwelle.

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1 Corinthians 9:62 Thessalonians 3:81 Thessalonians 2:9John 21:3Acts 18:3Acts 20:34Acts 20:351 Timothy 6:61 Corinthians 9:62 Thessalonians 3:8
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