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Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, 'Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too cramped for us.
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Please let us go to the Jordan, and let us each take from there a beam, and let us construct a place there for ourselves, to live there.' So he said, 'Go.'
King James Version
Chapter 6
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And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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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.
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 6
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The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please notice that the place where we live under your supervision is too small for us.
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Please let us go to the Jordan where we can each get a log and can build ourselves a place to live there.""Go," he said.
New Living Translation
Chapter 6
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One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, 'As you can see, this place where we meet with you is too small.
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Let's go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.' 'All right,' he told them, 'go ahead.'
English Standard Version
Chapter 6
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Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.
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Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there.” And he answered, “Go.”
New International Version
Chapter 6
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The company of the prophets said to Elisha, 'Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
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Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.' And he said, 'Go.'