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.

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed."

2 Kings 6:5 Cross References

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.