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1 Kings 17:23

Elijah carried the boy downstairs, gave him to his mother, and said, "Look, your son is alive!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Dead (People);   Elijah;   Hospitality;   Intercession;   Miracles;   Poor;   Women;   Zarephath;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elijah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Zarephath;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elijah;   Heal, Health;   Miracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cities and Urban Life;   Diseases;   Elijah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Zarephath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Haggai;   Zarephath;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chamber;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elijah;   Zarephath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elijah;   Elisha;   Loft;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amittai;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”
Hebrew Names Version
Eliyah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Eliyah said, Behold, your son lives.
King James Version
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
English Standard Version
And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives."
New Century Version
Elijah carried the boy downstairs and gave him to his mother and said, "See! Your son is alive!"
New English Translation
Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, "See, your son is alive!"
Amplified Bible
Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the [lower part of the] house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
New American Standard Bible
Elijah then took the boy and brought him down from the upstairs room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother, and Eliiah sayd, Behold, thy sonne liueth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
Contemporary English Version
Elijah picked him up and carried him downstairs. He gave the boy to his mother and said, "Look, your son is alive."
Complete Jewish Bible
Eliyahu took the child, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, "See? Your son is alive."
Darby Translation
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son lives.
George Lamsa Translation
And Elijah took the boy and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said to her, See, your son lives.
Good News Translation
Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, "Look, your son is alive!"
Lexham English Bible
Elijah then took the child and brought him down from the upper room to the house and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, "Look, your son is alive."
Literal Translation
And Elijah took the boy and brought him down from the upper room of the house, and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, See your son lives!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Elias toke the childe, and broughte him downe from the chamber in to the house and delyuered him vnto his mother, and sayde: Beholde, thy sonne lyueth.
American Standard Version
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
Bible in Basic English
And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Elias toke the boye, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother: And Elias saide, Behold, thy sonne lyueth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: 'See, thy son liveth.'
King James Version (1611)
And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother: and Eliiah said, See, thy sonne liueth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, thy son lives.
English Revised Version
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. "Look, your son is alive," Elijah declared.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Elie took the child, and puttide hym doun of the soler in to the lower hows, and bitook him to his modir; and he seide to hir, Lo! thi sone lyueth.
Young's Literal Translation
And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!'
Update Bible Version
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, your son lives.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
World English Bible
Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.
New King James Version
And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives!"
New Living Translation
Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. "Look!" he said. "Your son is alive!"
New Life Bible
Elijah took the child and brought him down from the second floor into the house and gave him to his mother. He said, "See, your son is alive."
New Revised Standard
Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Elijah took the boy, and carried him down out of the upper room, into the house, and gave him to his mother, - and Elijah said, See! thy son liveth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold thy son liveth.
Revised Standard Version
And Eli'jah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Eli'jah said, "See, your son lives."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."

Contextual Overview

17 Some time later the woman's son became sick. He became worse and worse until he stopped breathing. 18 Then the woman said to Elijah, "You are a man of God. Can you help me? Or did you come here only to remind me of my sins and to make my son die?" 19 Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." He took the boy from her and carried him upstairs. He laid him on the bed in the room where he was staying. 20 Then Elijah cried out to the Lord . He said, " Lord my God, this widow is letting me stay in her house. Will you do this bad thing to her? Will you cause her son to die?" 21 Then Elijah lay on top of the boy three times. He prayed, " Lord my God, let this boy live again!" 22 The Lord answered Elijah's prayer. The boy began breathing again and was alive. 23 Elijah carried the boy downstairs, gave him to his mother, and said, "Look, your son is alive!" 24 The woman answered, "Now I know that you really are a man from God. I know that the Lord really speaks through you!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy son liveth: 2 Kings 4:36, 2 Kings 4:37, Luke 7:15, Acts 9:41, Hebrews 11:35

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:1 - See Luke 7:12 - the only Luke 9:42 - and delivered John 4:51 - Thy

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
If you do this, I will prepare an agreement between us. I will promise to make your people a great nation."
Genesis 17:9
Then God said to Abraham, "Now, this is your part of the agreement: You and all your descendants will obey my agreement.
Genesis 17:10
This is my agreement that all of you must obey. This is the agreement between me and you and all your descendants. Every male must be circumcised.
Genesis 17:12
When the baby boy is eight days old, you will circumcise him. Every boy born among your people and every boy who is a slave of your people must be circumcised.
Genesis 17:14
Abraham, this is the agreement between you and me: Any male who is not circumcised will be cut off from his people because he has broken my agreement."
Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "I hope Ishmael will live and serve you."
Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, I said that your wife Sarah will have a son. You will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him that will continue forever with all his descendants.
Genesis 17:25
And Ishmael, his son, was 13 years old when he was circumcised.
Genesis 17:26
Abraham and his son were circumcised on the same day.
Genesis 17:27
Also, on that day all the men in Abraham's house were circumcised. All the slaves born in his house and all the slaves he had bought were circumcised.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,.... Being come to life, he took it off of the bed in his bedchamber, and brought it down to the lower part of the house, where the woman was:

and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, see, thy son liveth; which no doubt was to her great surprise, and was a wonderful instance of divine power and goodness, and to which the apostle may have respect, Hebrews 11:35, Bunting l says, the inhabitants of this place now take upon them to show the chamber wherein the prophet Elias lived, when he raised the widow's child to life.

l Travels, &c. p. 205.


 
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