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2 Kings 6:5

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

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2 Kings 6:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Alas, my master! It was borrowed.”

2 Kings 6:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

2 Kings 6:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was a borrowed ax!”

2 Kings 6:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, master! For it was borrowed.”

2 Kings 6:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

As one man was cutting down a tree, the head of his ax fell into the water. He yelled, “Oh, my master! I borrowed that ax!”

2 Kings 6:5 — American Standard Version (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.

2 Kings 6:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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!

2 Kings 6:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

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!” 

2 Kings 6:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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!”

2 Kings 6:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

But as one was felling a log, his ax head fell into the water; he cried out, “Alas, master! It was borrowed.”

2 Kings 6:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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!”

2 Kings 6:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

One of them was cutting a tree down. The iron blade of his ax fell into the water. “Master!” he cried out. “This ax was borrowed!”

2 Kings 6:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”


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