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

ASV - But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

BBE - But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.

WEB - But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.

YLT - and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, `Alas! my lord, and it asked!'

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