2 Kings 6:5 (YLT)

Passage

and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, `Alas! my lord, and it asked!'

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:3 And the one saith, `Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;' and he saith, `I--I go.'

2 Kings 6:4 And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,

2 Kings 6:5 and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, `Alas! my lord, and it asked!'

2 Kings 6:6 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,

2 Kings 6:7 and saith, `Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cometh", "pass", "felling", "beam", "iron", "hath", "fallen", and "water". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cometh" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And he goeth with them and they..." into verse 6's "And the man of God saith Whither...", so "cometh" and "pass" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "cometh" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.