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2 Kings 6:7

Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Magic;   Miracle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Sons of the Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoram;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Samaria;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elisha ;   Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elisha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said, “Pick it up.” So he reached out and took it.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
King James Version
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
English Standard Version
And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
New Century Version
Elisha said, "Pick up the axhead." Then the man reached out and took it.
New English Translation
He said, "Lift it out." So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.
Amplified Bible
He said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out with his hand and took it.
New American Standard Bible
Then he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he saide, Take it vp to thee. And he stretched out his hand, and tooke it.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "Take it up for yourself." So he sent forth his hand and took it.
Contemporary English Version
"Now get it," Elisha told him. And the prophet reached in and grabbed it.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Lift it out," he said. So he put out his hand and took it.
Darby Translation
And he said, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand and took it.
Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha said, "So pick up the ax head." Then the man reached out and took the ax head.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand and took it.
Good News Translation
"Take it out," he ordered, and the man reached down and picked it up.
Lexham English Bible
Then he said, "Pick it up for yourself," so he stretched out his hand and took it.
Literal Translation
And he said, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand and took it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde: Take it vp. So he put forth his hande, and toke it.
American Standard Version
And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore sayde he: Take it vp. And he stretched out his hand, and toke it vp.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Take it up to thee.' So he put out his hand, and took it.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore said he, Take it vp to thee: And hee put out his hand, and tooke it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, Take it up to thyself. And he stretched out his hand, and took it.
English Revised Version
And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.
Berean Standard Bible
"Lift it out," he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Take thou. Which helde forth the hond, and took it.
Young's Literal Translation
and saith, `Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.
Update Bible Version
And he said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
World English Bible
He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
New King James Version
Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.
New Living Translation
"Grab it," Elisha said. And the man reached out and grabbed it.
New Life Bible
He said, "Pick it up." So his servant put out his hand and took it.
New Revised Standard
He said, "Pick it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said - Take it up to thee. So he put forth his hand, and took it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Take it up. And he put out his hand, and took it.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
THE MESSAGE
"Grab it," he said. The man reached out and took it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said, "Take it up for yourself." So he put out his hand and took it.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care; 2 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. 3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees. 5 But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's. 6 And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water. 7 Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take it up: 2 Kings 4:7, 2 Kings 4:36, Luke 7:15, Acts 9:41

put out: Exodus 4:4

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,
Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
Genesis 6:3
And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:4
There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.
Genesis 6:22
And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.
Psalms 37:20
But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
Hosea 4:3
Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore said he, take it up to thee,.... This the prophet said to the man that had lost it:

and he put out his hand, and took it; it being on the top of the water within his reach.


 
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