2 Kings 6:5
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
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.
Note axe head: Heb. iron
But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- axe head
- Heb. iron.
- Ecclesiastes 10:10; Isaiah 10:34
- Alas, master
- 2 Kings 6:15; 2 Kings 3:10; Revelation 18:10, 16, 19
- for it was borrowed
- 2 Kings 4:7; Exodus 22:14, 15; Psalm 37:21