Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֥אמֶר way-yō-mer So said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 376 [e] אִישׁ־ ’îš- the man N-msc 430 [e] הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm of God Art | N-mp 575 [e] אָ֣נָה ’ā-nāh where Interrog 5307 [e] נָפָ֑ל nā-p̄āl; did it fall V-Qal-Perf-3ms 7200 [e] וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ way-yar-’ê-hū and he showed him Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 4725 [e] הַמָּק֔וֹם ham-mā-qō-wm, the place Art | N-ms 7094 [e] וַיִּקְצָב־ way-yiq-ṣāḇ- So he cut off Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 6086 [e] עֵץ֙ ‘êṣ a stick N-ms 7993 [e] וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־ way-yaš-leḵ- and threw [it] Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 8033 [e] שָׁ֔מָּה šām-māh, in there Adv | 3fs 6687 [e] וַיָּ֖צֶף way-yā-ṣep̄ and he made float Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 1270 [e] הַבַּרְזֶֽל׃ hab-bar-zel. the iron Art | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

he cut down This could have no natural tendency to raise the iron and cause it to swim: it was only a sign, or ceremony, which the prophet chose to employ on the occasion.

2 Kings 2:21 And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt …

2 Kings 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he …

Exodus 15:25 And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when …

Mark 7:33,34 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into …

Mark 8:23-25 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; …

John 9:6,7 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of …

the iron This was the real miracle; for the gravity of the metal must otherwise still have kept it at the bottom of the river.

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