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2 Kings 6:5

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

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. iron.
  2. bSee ch. 4:3.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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!”

NLTNew Living Translation

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!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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!”