2 Kings 6:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 6:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 21:3Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
  2. Acts 18:3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
  3. Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:6Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
  6. 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
  7. 1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

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