2 Kings 6:4
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
2 Kings 6:4 in other translations
| BSB | So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees, |
| DARBY | And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees. |
| BBE | So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees. |
| Webster | So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. |
What does 2 Kings 6:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 6:1-7
There is that pleasantness in the converse of servants of God, which can make those who listen to them forget the pain and the weariness of labour. Even the sons of the prophets must not be unwilling to labour. Let no man think an honest employment a burden or a disgrace. And labour of the head, is as hard, and very often harder, than labour with the hands. We ought to be careful of that which is borrowed, as of our…
2 Kings 6:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 6:4
- Deuteronomy 19:5
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
- Deuteronomy 29:11
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
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Context
- 2 Kings 6:3
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
- 2 Kings 6:4
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
- 2 Kings 6:5
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
2 Kings 6:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Fuése pues con ellos; y como llegaron al Jordán, cortaron la madera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il alla avec eux; et ils vinrent au Jourdain, et coupèrent des arbres. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er ging mit ihnen; und sie kamen an den Jordan und hieben die Bäume um. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et abiit cum eis. Cumque venissent ad Jordanem, cædebant ligna. |