KJV King James Version
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim.
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2 Kings 6:6
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
WEB World English Bible
The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
ASV American Standard Version
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the man of God saith, ‘Whither hath it fallen?’ and he sheweth him the place, and he cutteth a stick, and casteth thither, and causeth the iron to swim,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 6
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.
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.
6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim.
7 Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place [shall be] my camp.
9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאִישׁ־H376 · ishmanהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאָ֣נָהH575 · anwhere?נָפָ֑לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallוַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמָּק֔וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceוַיִּקְצָב־H7094 · qa.tsavto shearעֵץ֙H6086 · etstree: woodוַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־H7993 · sha.lakhto throwשָׁ֔מָּהH8033 · shamthereוַיָּ֖צֶףH6687 · tsuphto flowהַבַּרְזֶֽל׃H1270 · bar.zeliron
Cross-references
2 Kings 2:21And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren [land].Exodus 15:25And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,2 Kings 4:41But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast [it] into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.Mark 8:23-25And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.Mark 7:33-34And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;John 9:6-7When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
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