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1 Kings 17:7

There was no rain, so after a while the stream became dry.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Cherith;   Elijah;   Minister, Christian;   Readings, Select;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rain;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Farming;   John the baptist;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Widow;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Zarephath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Haggai;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Famine;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Rain;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
King James Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
English Standard Version
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New Century Version
After a while the stream dried up because there was no rain.
New English Translation
After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Amplified Bible
It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New American Standard Bible
But it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after a while the riuer dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Contemporary English Version
But after a while, it dried up because there was no rain.
Complete Jewish Bible
After a while the stream dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.
George Lamsa Translation
But after a while the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Good News Translation
After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
Lexham English Bible
It happened after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Literal Translation
And it happened after a while, that the torrent dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it fortuned after cerayne dayes, that the riuer was dryed: vp for there was no rayne in the lode.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Bible in Basic English
Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it chaunced after a while that the brooke dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe after a while, that the brooke dryed vp, because there had beene no raine in the land.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe after summe daies the stronde was dried; for it hadde not reynede on the erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass after awhile, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
World English Bible
It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New King James Version
And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
New Living Translation
But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.
New Life Bible
But after a while, the river dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New Revised Standard
But after a while the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But it came to pass, at the end of certain days, that the torrent dried up, - because there had been no rain in the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But after some time the torrent was dried up: for it had not rained upon the earth.
Revised Standard Version
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
THE MESSAGE
Eventually the brook dried up because of the drought. Then God spoke to him: "Get up and go to Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I've instructed a woman who lives there, a widow, to feed you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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

am 3095, bc 909

after a while: Heb. at the end of days

the brook: Isaiah 40:30, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 54:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:3 - in process of time 1 Kings 18:1 - in the third year 2 Chronicles 18:2 - after certain years Jeremiah 14:3 - pits Joel 1:20 - the rivers

Cross-References

Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, "I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 17:5
I will change your name from Abram to Abraham, because I am making you the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.
Genesis 17:7
And I will prepare an agreement between me and you. This agreement will also be for all your descendants. It will continue forever. I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God."
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 17:11
You will cut the skin to show that you follow the agreement between me and you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her."
Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed his face to the ground to show he respected God. But he laughed and said to himself, "I am 100 years old. I cannot have a son, and Sarah is 90 years old. She cannot have a child."
Genesis 28:13
And then Jacob saw the Lord standing by the ladder. He said, "I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. I will give you the land that you are lying on now. I will give this land to you and to your children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after a while,.... Or "at the end of days" x, perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, see

Exodus 13:10,

that the brook dried up; through the excessive heat, and for want of supplies from the springs and fountains with which it was fed, and for the following reason:

because there had been no rain in the land; from the time Elijah prayed and prophesied; of this drought mention is made in profane history: Menander, a Phoenician writer, speaks y of a drought in the times of Ithobalus (the same with Ethbaal the father of Jezebel), which lasted a whole year, and upon prayer being made there were thunder, &c.

x מקץ ימים "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. y Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 17:7. The brook dried up — Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see Deuteronomy 11:16-17.


 
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