2 Kings 6:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

But as one was cutting a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

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  • Rev 18:10 : 10 Standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come.
  • Rev 18:16 : 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
  • Rev 18:19 : 19 And they threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea were made rich by her wealth! for in one hour she is made desolate.
  • Exod 22:14-15 : 14 If a man borrows anything from his neighbor and it is broken or dies, with its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. 15 But if its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.
  • 2 Kgs 3:10 : 10 And the king of Israel said, "Alas, that the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"
  • 2 Kgs 4:7 : 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your children live on the rest.
  • 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early, and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! what shall we do?
  • Ps 37:21 : 21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then he must put forth more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
  • Isa 10:34 : 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by the Mighty One.

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    6And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in there; and the iron floated.

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  • 2 Kgs 6:2-4
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    2Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take from there each man a beam, and let us make a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.

    3And one said, Please be content, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

    4So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

  • Isa 10:15
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    15Shall the ax boast against him who cuts with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who shakes it? As if the rod should shake itself against those who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood.

  • Deut 19:5
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    20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen each man's plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

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