1 Kings 17:4

Easy-to-Read Version

You can get your water from that stream, and I have commanded ravens to bring food to you there."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

Hebrew Names Version
It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

King James Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

English Standard Version
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

New Century Version
You may drink from the stream, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there."

New English Translation
Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there."

Amplified Bible
"You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food]."

New American Standard Bible
"And it shall be that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide food for you there."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt drinke of the riuer: and I haue comanded the rauens to feede thee there.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it will be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there."

Contemporary English Version
You can drink water from the creek, and eat the food I've told the ravens to bring you."

Complete Jewish Bible
You are to drink from the stream, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."

Darby Translation
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

Good News Translation
The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there."

Lexham English Bible
It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there."

Literal Translation
And it shall be, you shall drink of the torrent; and I shall command the ravens to feed you there.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and thou shalt drynke of the ryuer: and I haue commaunded the rauens, that they shal fede the there.

American Standard Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Bible in Basic English
The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt drinke of the ryuer, and I haue commaunded the rauens to feede thee there.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.'

King James Version (1611)
And it shall bee, that thou shalt drinke of the brooke, and I haue commanded the rauens to feed thee there.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall be that thou shalt drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed thee there.

English Revised Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Berean Standard Bible
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and there thou schalt drynke of the stronde; and Y comaundide to crowis, that thei feede thee there.

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'

Update Bible Version
And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

World English Bible
It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

New King James Version
And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

New Living Translation
Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food."

New Life Bible
You will drink from the river. And I have told the ravens to bring food to you there."

New Revised Standard
You shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and it shall be that, of the torrent, shalt thou drink, - and, the ravens, have I commanded to sustain thee, there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Revised Standard Version
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

Contextual Overview

¹ Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. He said to King Ahab, "I serve the Lord , the God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall for the next few years. The rain will fall only when I command it to fall." ² Then the Lord said to Elijah, ³ "Leave this place and go east. Hide near Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan River. ⁴ You can get your water from that stream, and I have commanded ravens to bring food to you there." ⁵ So Elijah did what the Lord told him to do. He went to live near Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan River. ⁶ Ravens brought Elijah food every morning and every evening, and he drank water from the stream. ⁷ There was no rain, so after a while the stream became dry.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have commanded: 1 Kings 17:9, 1 Kings 19:5-8, Numbers 20:8, Job 34:29, Job 38:8-13, Job 38:41, Psalms 33:8, Psalms 33:9, Psalms 147:9, Amos 9:3, Amos 9:4, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:7 - a raven Leviticus 11:15 - General 1 Kings 13:28 - the lion had 1 Kings 17:14 - The barrel of meal Jeremiah 37:21 - and that Matthew 6:34 - for Matthew 17:27 - and take Revelation 2:20 - that woman

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Genesis 13:16
I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.

Genesis 16:10
The angel of the Lord also said, "From you will come many people—too many people to count."

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said, "I am God All-Powerful. Obey me and live the right way.

Genesis 17:11
You will cut the skin to show that you follow the agreement between me and you.

Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "I hope Ishmael will live and serve you."

Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.

Genesis 32:12
Lord, you said to me, ‘I will be good to you. I will increase your family and make your children as many as the sands of the sea. There will be too many to count.'"

Genesis 35:11
God said to him, "I am God All-Powerful, and I give you this blessing: Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.

Genesis 48:19
But his father refused and said, "I know, son. I know. Manasseh is the firstborn. He will be great and will be the father of many people. But his younger brother will be greater than he is. And the younger brother's family will be much larger."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook,.... The water of that was to be his drink:

and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there; whereby he should be provided with food to eat; by whom are meant not angels in the form of ravens, as some; nor, as others, Arabians, for there were none of that people near him; nor, as others, merchants, the word being sometimes used of them, for this was not a likely method for privacy; nor, as others, the inhabitants of a place called Oreb, or Orbo; so the Arabic version calls them Orabimi; but we read of no such place near Jordan; the Jews s speak of a city of this name near Bethshean, from whence these Orebim came; and some of them t think they had their name from Oreb, in Judges 7:25 it seems better to interpret them of ravens, as we do, these creatures delighting to be in solitary places, in valleys, and by brooks; nor need it be any objection that they were unclean creatures by the law, since Elijah did not feed upon them, but was fed by them; and supposing any uncleanness by touch, the ceremonial law might be dispensed with in an extraordinary case, as it sometimes was; though it is very remarkable that such creatures should be employed in this way, which are birds of prey, seize on anything they can, live on carrion, and neglect their own young, and yet feed a prophet of the Lord; which shows the power and providence of God in it. Something like this Jerom u relates, of a raven bringing a whole loaf of bread, and laying it before the saints, Paulus and Antonius.

s Bereshit Rabba, sect. 33. fol. 29. 1. t T. Bab. Cholin. fol. 5. 1. Menasseh Ben Israel Conciliat. in Lev. quaest. 3. u In Vita Paul Erem. fol. 82. C.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ravens - This is the translation of most of the ancient versions; others, omitting the points, which are generally allowed to have no authority, read “Arabians;” others, retaining the present pointing, translate either “merchants” (compare the original of Ezekiel 27:9, Ezekiel 27:27), or “Orbites.” Jerome took it in this last sense, and so does the Arabic Version.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 17:4. I have commanded the ravens to feed thee — Thou shalt not lack the necessaries of life; thou shalt be supplied by an especial providence. See more on this subject at the end of the chapter. 1 Kings 17:24.