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.


In Context

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy 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 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 fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

7 And he said, Take it up to thee. So 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 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!'

The American King James Version 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.