2 Kings 6:5
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.
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 …
Other Translations
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.
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!'
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.
Cross References
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not …
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, …
And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into …
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, …
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the …
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but …
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for …
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with …