Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water. And he cried, and said, Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.
New American Standard Bible
But as one was felling a beam,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Oh, my master, it was borrowed!”
International Standard Version
It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!"
American Standard Version
But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
Amplified
But it happened that as one was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”
Bible in Basic English
But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass as one was felling a beam, that the iron fell into the water; and he cried and said, Alas, master, and it was borrowed!
Julia Smith Translation
And one will be felling the beam, and the iron fell into the water: and he will cry out and say, Alas, my lord! and it was borrowed.
King James 2000
But as one was cutting down a tree, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It happened as the one [was] felling the log, that the iron ax fell into the water. He called out and said, "Oh, no! My master, it was borrowed!"
Modern King James verseion
And it happened as one was felling a log, the axe-head fell into the water. And he cried and said, Alas, master! For it was borrowed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as one was heaving of a beam, the axe head fell into the water. And he cried out and said, "Alas, master, for it was lent me."
NET Bible
As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, "Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!"
New Heart English Bible
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master. For it was borrowed."
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, as one was felling a branch, that, the axe-head, fell into the water, so he made outcry and said - Alas! my lord, for, it, was borrowed!
Webster
But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
World English Bible
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed."
Youngs Literal Translation
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!'
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The borrowed axe that floated
Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
Iron » Of greater gravity than water
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elisha Recovers A Lost Axe Head
4 So he went with them. And when they came to the 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, my master! For it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in there, and made the iron to float.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 22:14-15
And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
2 Kings 3:10
And the king of Israel said, Alas! For LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons from the rest.
2 Kings 6:15
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
Psalm 37:21
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must increase strength. But wisdom is advantageous to make right.
Isaiah 10:34
And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Revelation 18:10
having stood from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! Because thy judgment has come in one hour.
Revelation 18:16
and saying, Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls!
Revelation 18:19
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, and saying, Alas, alas, the great city in which all who had ships in the sea became rich from her luxuriance! Because in one hour she was devastated.