Lièwángjìxià 6:5

5 Yǒu yī rén kǎn shù de shíhou , fǔ tóu diào zaì shuǐ lǐ , tā jiù hūjiào shuō , āi zāi . wǒ zhǔ a , zhè fǔzi shì jiè de .

Lièwángjìxià 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:5

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" ^F4, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (lzrbh) "ferrum", Pagninus, Montanus

Lièwángjìxià 6:5 In-Context

3 Yǒu yī rén shuō , qiú nǐ yǔ púrén tóng qù . huídá shuō , wǒ kĕyǐ qù .

4 Yúshì Yǐlìshā yǔ tāmen tóng qù . dào le Yuēdànhé , jiù kǎn fá shùmù .

5 Yǒu yī rén kǎn shù de shíhou , fǔ tóu diào zaì shuǐ lǐ , tā jiù hūjiào shuō , āi zāi . wǒ zhǔ a , zhè fǔzi shì jiè de .

6 Shén rén wèn shuō , diào zaì nǎli le . tā jiāng nà dìfang zhǐ gĕi Yǐlìshā kàn . Yǐlìshā kǎn le yī gēn mùtou , pāo zaì shuǐ lǐ , fǔ tóu jiù piāo shàng lái le .

7 Yǐlìshā shuō , ná qǐlai ba . nà rén jiù shēnshǒu ná qǐlai le .