2 Kings 6:5
What does 2 Kings 6:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 6:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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!'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the ax fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it came to pass as one was felling a beam, that the iron fell into the water; and he cried and said, Alas, master, and it was borrowed!
Context
Cross references
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.