ESV
KJV
5. 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.
ASV
5. 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.
ERVEN
5. But when one man was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head slipped from the handle and fell into the water. He shouted, "Oh, master! I borrowed that ax!"
NLT
5. But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. "Oh, sir!" he cried. "It was a borrowed ax!"
WEB
5. 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.
NET
5. As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, "Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!"
NLV
5. But as one of them was cutting a tree, the ax head fell into the water. The man cried out, "It is bad, sir! The ax belongs to another man, and I was to return it."
HCSB
5. 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!"
YLT
5. and 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!`
LITV
5. And it happened that one was felling the log, and the iron fell into the water. And he cried out and said, Alas, my lord! For it was borrowed.
RV
5. 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.
NCV
5. As one man was cutting down a tree, the head of his ax fell into the water. He yelled, "Oh, my master! I borrowed that ax!"
MKJV
5. And it happened as one was felling a log, the axe-head fell into the water. And he cried and said, Alas, master! For it was borrowed.
AKJV
5. But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
LXXEN
5. And behold, one was cutting down a beam, and the [Gr. iron] axe head fell into the water: and he cried out, Alas! master: and it was hidden.
KJV
5. 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.
AMP
5. But as one was felling his beam, the axhead fell into the water; and he cried, Alas, my master, for it was borrowed!
KJVP
5. But as one H259 D-AMS was H1961 W-VQY3MS felling H5307 a beam H6982 , the axe head H1270 fell H5307 into H413 PREP the water H4325 D-OMD : and he cried H6817 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Alas H162 , master H113 ! for it H1931 W-PPRO-3MS was borrowed H7592 .
YLT
5. and 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!`
ASV
5. 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.
WEB
5. 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.
NASB
5. While one of them was felling a tree trunk, the iron axhead slipped into the water. "O master," he cried out, "it was borrowed!"
ESV
5. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed."
RV
5. 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.
RSV
5. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water; and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed."
NKJV
5. 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."
MKJV
5. And it happened as one was felling a log, the axe-head fell into the water. And he cried and said, Alas, master! For it was borrowed.
AKJV
5. But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
NRSV
5. But as one was felling a log, his ax head fell into the water; he cried out, "Alas, master! It was borrowed."
NIV
5. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe-head fell into the water. "Oh, my lord," he cried out, "it was borrowed!"
NIRV
5. One of them was cutting a tree down. The iron blade of his ax fell into the water. "Master!" he cried out. "This ax was borrowed!"
NLT
5. But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. "Oh, sir!" he cried. "It was a borrowed ax!"
MSG
5. As one of them was felling a timber, his axhead flew off and sank in the river. "Oh no, master!" he cried out. "And it was borrowed!"
GNB
5. As one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly his iron ax head fell in the water. "What shall I do, sir?" he exclaimed to Elisha. "It was a borrowed ax!"
NET
5. As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, "Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!"
ERVEN
5. But when one man was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head slipped from the handle and fell into the water. He shouted, "Oh, master! I borrowed that ax!"