The axe-head fell The iron fell from the wood. Alas, master, for it was borrowed! He was the more concerned, both because he was now compelled to be idle and useless to them in the common work, and because it was his friend's loss, who was now likely to suffer for his kindness in lending him the axe; for though justice obliged him to restore it, his poverty rendered him unable.
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2 Kings 6:5
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe heada fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.