2 Kings 6:5

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2 Kings 6:4-5 The Message (MSG)

He went with them. They came to the Jordan and started chopping down trees. As one of them was felling a timber, his axhead flew off and sank in the river. “Oh no, master!” he cried out. “And it was borrowed!”

2 Kings 6:5 King James Version (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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

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.”

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 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe-head fell into the water. ‘Oh no, my lord!’ he cried out. ‘It was borrowed!’

2 Kings 6:5 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 Amplified Bible (AMP)

But it happened that as one was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master! 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 English Standard Version 2016 (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.”