2 Kings 6:5

2 Kings 6:5 in other versions

• 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.
• New International Version (NIV)As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”
• English Standard Version (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."
• 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.”

Context of 2 Kings 6:5

3Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied. 4So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” 6“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float. 7“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

2 Kings 6:5 word by word

וַיְהִ֤י הָֽאֶחָד֙ מַפִּ֣יל הַקּוֹרָ֔ה וְאֶת־הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל נָפַ֣ל אֶל־הַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּצְעַ֥ק וַיֹּ֛אמֶר אֲהָ֥הּ אֲדֹנִ֖י וְה֥וּא שָׁאֽוּל׃Read the interlinear

• ·הָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• As oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of them was cutting downנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fell(trees)H5307
• a treeקוֹרָהqôrâh qôrâh · beamH6982
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• intoאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• Ohאֲהָהּ'ăhâhh · alas!H162
• my masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• he cried outצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• he cried outאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• itהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• was borrowedשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:5

• Ecclesiastes 10:10If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
• Isaiah 10:34He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
• 2 Kings 6:15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, 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 18:10In 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.”
• 2 Kings 4:7She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
• Exodus 22:14If 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.
• Psalms 37:21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Alas, master! for it was borrowed - שאול והוא אדני אהה ahah adonia, vehu shaul ! Ah! ah, my master; and it has been sought. It has fallen in, and I have sought it in vain. Or, it was borrowed, and therefore I am the more afflicted for its loss; and Jarchi adds, I have nothing wherewith to repay it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The ax head - literally, as in the margin. The Jews used iron for the heads of axes at a very early date (see Deuteronomy 19:5). They probably acquired a knowledge of the smelting process in Egypt, where iron was employed at least from the time of the third Rameses.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The Hebrew text shows that the ax head was made of iron, which was valuable when few iron tools existed. Since it was borrowed, losing it was even more distressing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. it was borrowed--literally, "begged." The scholar's distress arose from the consideration that it had been presented to him; and that, owing to his poverty, he could not procure another.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 6:5

• Ax

In the dictionaries

• Axe
• Band
• Beam
• Iron
• Send
• Ax (axe); Ax-Head
• Disciple
• Elisha
• Head
• Jehoahaz

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings