2 Kings 6:5

2 Kings chapter 6 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.4So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

v.5This passage

v.6And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 10:34
And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Exodus 22:14
And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
Revelation 18:19
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.