2 Kings 6:5

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.

— 2 Kings 6:5, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Elisha helps recover a borrowed axe head that sank in the Jordan by making it float on a stick. God opens the servant's eyes to see the hills full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha when the Aramean …

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Other Translations

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.

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!'

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.

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