2 Kings 6:5
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. "Oh, my master," he cried out, "it was borrowed!"
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axe head [heb] iron

Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the ax is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill will produce success.

Isaiah 10:34
He will clear the forest thickets with an ax, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Alas, master

2 Kings 6:15
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, "Oh, my master, what are we to do?"

2 Kings 3:10
"Alas, " said the king of Israel, "for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"

Revelation 18:10, 16, 19
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: "Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come." . . .

for it was borrowed

2 Kings 4:7
She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the remainder."

Exodus 22:14, 15
If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution. . . .

Psalm 37:21
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Oh, my master, it was borrowed!"

International Standard Version
It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!"

NET Bible
As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, "Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!"
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