And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we live with you is too small for us.
2 Kings 6:2 - Modern King James Version Please let us go to Jordan. And let each man take a beam from there. And let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let us go to the Jordan, and each man get there a [house] beam; and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Let’s go to the Jordan River and each get a log from there. Then we can make a place to live there.” Elisha said, “Do it!” Catholic Public Domain Version Let us go as far as the Jordan, and let us each take from the forest a piece of timber, so that we may build for ourselves a place to live there." And he said, "Go." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we live with you is too small for us.
And one said, Be content, please, and go with your servants. And he answered them, I will go.
Simon Peter said to them, I am going out to fish. They said to him, We will go with you also. They went out and entered into a boat immediately. And that night they caught nothing.
And because he was of the same trade, he stayed and worked with them; for they were tentmakers by occupation.
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no authority whether not to work?
For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil. For laboring night and day in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we preached the gospel of God to you.
neither did we eat any man's bread freely, but we worked with labor and travail night and day, so that we might not be heavy on any of you