2 Kings 6:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

While one of the prophets was working, his axe head fell off and dropped into the water. “Oh!” he shouted. “Sir, I borrowed this axe.”

Cross References

2 Kings 3:10

Joram cried out, “This is terrible! The LORD must have led us out here to be captured by Moab's army.”

2 Kings 4:7

After she told Elisha what had happened, he said, “Sell the oil and use part of the money to pay what you owe the man. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

2 Kings 6:15

When Elisha's servant got up the next morning, he saw that Syrian troops had the town surrounded. “Sir, what are we going to do?” he asked.

2 Kings 6:4

and he left with them. They went to the River Jordan and began chopping down trees.

2 Kings 6:6

“Where did it fall in?” Elisha asked. The prophet pointed to the place, and Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. The axe head floated to the top of the water.

Psalm 37:21

An evil person borrows and never pays back; a good person is generous and never stops giving.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If you don't sharpen your axe, it will be harder to use; if you are clever, you'll know what to do.

Isaiah 10:34

With an axe, the glorious Lord will destroy every tree in the forests of Lebanon.

Revelation 18:10

Her sufferings will frighten them, and they will stand at a distance and say, “Pity that great and powerful city! Pity Babylon! In a single hour her judgment has come.”

Revelation 18:16

Then they shouted, “Pity the great city of Babylon! She dressed in fine linen and wore purple and scarlet cloth. She had jewellery made of gold and precious stones and pearls.

Revelation 18:19

They cried loudly, and in their sorrow they threw dust on their heads, as they said, “Pity the great city of Babylon! Everyone who sailed the seas became rich from her treasures. But in a single hour the city was destroyed.