列王纪下 6:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

有一個門徒砍伐木頭的時候，斧頭掉到水裡去了。他就喊著說：“慘啦！我主啊，這斧頭是借回來的。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
有 一 人 砍 树 的 时 候 ， 斧 头 掉 在 水 里 ， 他 就 呼 叫 说 ： 哀 哉 ！ 我 主 啊 ， 这 斧 子 是 借 的 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The groups of prophets said to Elisha, "The place where we meet with you is too small for us. ² Let's go to the Jordan River. There everyone can get a log, and let's build a place there to live." Elisha said, "Go." ³ One of them said, "Please go with us." Elisha answered, "I will go," ⁴ so he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they cut down some trees. 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!" ⁶ Elisha asked, "Where did it fall?" The man showed him the place. Then Elisha cut down a stick and threw it into the water, and it made the iron head float. ⁷ Elisha said, "Pick up the axhead." Then the man reached out and took it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ax head: Heb. iron, Ecclesiastes 10:10, Isaiah 10:34

master: 2 Kings 6:15, 2 Kings 3:10, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19

for it was borrowed: 2 Kings 4:7, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 22:15, Psalms 37:21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 19:5 - head

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth began to grow, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:3
The Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

Genesis 6:9
This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man, the most innocent man of his time, and he walked with God.

Genesis 6:19
Also, you must bring into the boat two of every living thing, male and female. Keep them alive with you.

Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and crawling thing will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 6:21
Also gather some of every kind of food and store it on the boat as food for you and the animals."

Genesis 8:21
The Lord was pleased with these sacrifices and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of human beings. Their thoughts are evil even when they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.

Genesis 13:13
Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord .

Deuteronomy 29:19
These are the kind of people who hear these curses but bless themselves, thinking, "We will be safe even though we continue doing what we want to do." Those people may destroy all of your land, both wet and dry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as one was felling a beam,.... Cutting down a tree, or a branch of it:

the axe head fell into the water: into the waters of Jordan; or "the iron" d, the iron part of it, with which the wood was cut; that flew off from the helve into the water:

and he cried, and said, alas, master! for it was borrowed: it grieved him to lose his axe, because he could do no more work, and the more because it was not his own, but he had borrowed it of his neighbour; and still more, because, as it seems, he was poor, and not able to pay for it, which, being of an honest disposition, gave him distress.

d הברזל "ferrum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 6:5. Alas, master! for it was borrowed. — אהה אדני והוא שאול 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.