2Let 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.


In Context

1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

2 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.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

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

2 Kings 6:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:2Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to live." And he said, "Go."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:2Let 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:2Let 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:2Let 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2Let 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2Let 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2Please 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!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2let 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:2Let 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.