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!'


In Context

2 let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and we take thence each one beam, and we make for ourselves there a place to dwell there;' and he saith, 'Go.'

3 And the one saith, 'Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;' and he saith, 'I — I go.'

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

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!'

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,

7 and saith, 'Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh 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 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.