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2 Kings 6:5

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!”

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2 Kings 6:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

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!”

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 — 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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