5But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.


In Context

2 Let 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.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 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.

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand, and took it.

2 Kings 6:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:5As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. "Oh, my lord," he cried out, "it was borrowed!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:5But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:5And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the axe fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:5But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5And 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!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:5But 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5But 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:5and 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!'