2 Kings 6:3
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New International Version (©2011)
Then one of them said, "Won't you please come with your servants?" "I will," Elisha replied.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Please come with us," someone suggested. "I will," he said.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then one of them said, “Be pleased to go with your servants.” And he answered, “I will go.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then one said, "Please be willing to go with your servants." And he answered, "I shall go."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then one said, "Please come with your servants."" I'll come," he answered.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Someone asked, "Would you be willing to come with your servants?" "I'm willing," he replied.

NET Bible (©2006)
One of them said, "Please come along with your servants." He replied, "All right, I'll come."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then one of the disciples asked, "Won't you please come with us?" Elisha answered, "I'll go."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

American King James Version
And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

American Standard Version
And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come.

Darby Bible Translation
And one said, Consent, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he said, I will go.

English Revised Version
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

Webster's Bible Translation
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

World English Bible
One said, "Please be pleased to go with your servants." He answered, "I will go."

Young's Literal Translation
And the one saith, 'Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;' and he saith, 'I -- I go.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:1-7 There is that pleasantness in the converse of servants of God, which can make those who listen to them forget the pain and the weariness of labour. Even the sons of the prophets must not be unwilling to labour. Let no man think an honest employment a burden or a disgrace. And labour of the head, is as hard, and very often harder, than labour with the hands. We ought to be careful of that which is borrowed, as of our own, because we must do as we would be done by. This man was so respecting the axe-head. And to those who have an honest mind, the sorest grievance of poverty is, not so much their own want and disgrace, as being rendered unable to pay just debts. But the Lord cares for his people in their smallest concerns. And God's grace can thus raise the stony iron heart, which is sunk into the mud of this world, and raise up affections, naturally earthly.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. One of the number was not satisfied with the prophet's mere approval of the enterprise, but wished for his actual presence, probably as securing a blessing upon the work. And he answered, I will go. Elisha approved the man's idea, as springing from piety and faith in God. He, therefore, raised no difficulty, but at once, in the simplest manner, acceded to the request. There is a remarkable directness, simplicity, and absence of fuss in all that Elisha says and does.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And one said, be content, I pray thee, and with thy servants,.... Or be pleased to go with us; he begged it as a favour, that, being awed by his presence, they might preserve peace and order, and have his advice as to the spot of ground to erect their edifice on, and might be protected by him from harm and mischief by men or wild beasts:

and he answered, I will go; he consented to it, knowing perhaps before hand that he should have an opportunity of working a miracle there, as he did.

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The Axe Head Floats
1And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too strait for us. 2Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go you. 3And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go. …

2 Kings 5:23 "By all means, take two talents," said Naaman. He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing. He gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them ahead of Gehazi.
2 Kings 6:2 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."
2 Kings 6:4 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees.