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2 Kings 6:4

So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Rivers and Waterways in the Bible;   Sons of the Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoram;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Samaria;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elisha ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Hebrew Names Version
So he went with them. When they came to the Yarden, they cut down wood.
King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
English Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
New Century Version
so he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they cut down some trees.
New English Translation
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
Amplified Bible
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down [some of] the trees.
New American Standard Bible
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he went with them, & when they came to Iorden, they cut downe wood.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he went with them; and they came to the Jordan and cut down trees.
Contemporary English Version
and he left with them. They went to the Jordan River and began chopping down trees.
Complete Jewish Bible
so he went with them. When they arrived at the Yarden, they cut down trees;
Darby Translation
And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Elisha went with the group of prophets. When they arrived at the Jordan River, they began to cut down some trees.
George Lamsa Translation
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Good News Translation
and they set out together. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began to work.
Lexham English Bible
He went with them, and they went to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.
Literal Translation
And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan, and cut down trees.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he wete with them. And whan they came to Iordane, they hewed downe tymber.
American Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Bible in Basic English
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so he went with them: And when they came to Iordane, they cut downe wood.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
King James Version (1611)
So hee went with them: and when they came to Iordane, they cut downe wood.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood.
English Revised Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei `hadden come to Jordan, thei hewiden trees.
Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,
Update Bible Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Webster's Bible Translation
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
World English Bible
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
New King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
New Living Translation
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.
New Life Bible
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
New Revised Standard
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he went with them, - and, when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Revised Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
THE MESSAGE
He went with them. They came to the Jordan and started chopping down trees. As one of them was felling a timber, his axhead flew off and sank in the river. "Oh no, master!" he cried out. "And it was borrowed!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

Contextual Overview

1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2Please 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. 3Then one of them said, "Please come with your servants." "I will come," he replied. 4So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.5As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead 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. 7"Lift it out," he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they cut down wood: Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 29:11

Cross-References

Genesis 6:15
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
Genesis 6:21
You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals."
Genesis 6:22
So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Genesis 11:4
"Come," they said, "let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth."
Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there-the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!"
Numbers 16:2
a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
1 Samuel 17:4
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.


 
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