2 Kings 6:2

Let vs goe, wee pray thee, vnto Iordane, and take thence euery man a beame, and let vs make vs a place there where we may dwell. And hee answered, Goe ye.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Please let us go to the Jordan and each of us take from there a beam, and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live. So he said, "Go.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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 (1901)

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.
- Basic English Bible

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 Bible

Let 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.
- Darby Bible

Let 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.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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.
- English Revised Version

Please 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!"
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 6:2

6:2 Jordan - To the woods near Jordan. A beam - A piece of timber for the building. Hence it may be gathered, that although the sons of the prophets principally devoted themselves to religious exercises, yet they sometimes employed themselves about manual arts.