2 Kings 6:5 Parallel Translations

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no, master! It was borrowed!"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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!

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.'

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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."

YLT:

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 6:5 Cross References

XREF:

2 Kings 6:4 So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

2 Kings 6:6 Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

6:1-7 There is that pleasantness in the converse of servants of God, which can make those who listen to them forget the pain and the weariness of labour. Even the sons of the prophets must not be unwilling to labour. Let no man think an honest employment a burden or a disgrace. And labour of the head, is as hard, and very often harder, than labour with the hands. We ought to be careful of that which is borrowed, as of our own, because we must do as we would be done by. This man was so respecting the axe-head. And to those who have an honest mind, the sorest grievance of poverty is, not so much their own want and disgrace, as being rendered unable to pay just debts. But the Lord cares for his people in their smallest concerns. And God's grace can thus raise the stony iron heart, which is sunk into the mud of this world, and raise up affections, naturally earthly.

CONC:

Alas Another's Ax Axe Axe-head Axhead Bad Beam Board Borrowed Business Cried Crieth Cry Cutting Fallen Fell Felling Iron Log Master Oh Pass Tree

Alas Another's Ax Axe Bad Beam Board Borrowed Business Cried Crieth Cry Cutting Fallen Fell Head Iron Log Master Tree Water

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