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JPS Old Testament

1 Kings 19:7

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: 'Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (Holy Trinity);   Angel (a Spirit);   Beer-Sheba;   Blessing;   Elijah;   Life;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Trouble;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elijah;   God's;   Silence-Speech;   Voice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Elijah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Elijah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel of the Lord returned for a second time and touched him. He said, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
Hebrew Names Version
The angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
King James Version
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
English Standard Version
And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
New Century Version
Later the Lord 's angel came to him a second time. The angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat. If you don't, the journey will be too hard for you."
New English Translation
The Lord 's angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, for otherwise you won't be able to make the journey."
Amplified Bible
Then the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Get up, and eat, for the journey is too long for you [without adequate sustenance]."
New American Standard Bible
But the angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him, and said, "Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Angel of the Lorde came againe the second time, and touched him, and sayd, Vp, and eate: for thou hast a great iourney.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you."
Contemporary English Version
Soon the Lord 's angel woke him again and said, "Get up and eat, or else you'll get too tired to travel."
Complete Jewish Bible
The angel came again, a second time, touched him and said, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."
Darby Translation
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later the Lord 's angel came to him again, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat! If you don't, you will not be strong enough to make the long trip."
George Lamsa Translation
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time and touched him and said, Arise, eat and drink; because the journey is too great for you.
Good News Translation
The Lord 's angel returned and woke him up a second time, saying, "Get up and eat, or the trip will be too much for you."
Lexham English Bible
The angel of Yahweh appeared a second time and touched him and said, "Get up, eat, for the journey is greater than you."
Literal Translation
And the angel of Jehovah returned a second time, and touched him, and said, Get up, eat, for the way is too great for you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye angell of the LORDE, came agayne the seconde tyme, & touched him, & sayde: Stonde vp, and eate, for thou hast a greate waye to go.
American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.
Bible in Basic English
And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angel of the Lord came againe the seconde time, and touched him, and sayde: Up, and eate, for thou hast yet a great iourney.
King James Version (1611)
And the Angel of the Lord came againe the second time, and touched him, and sayd, Arise, and eate, because the iourney is too great for thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee.
English Revised Version
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
Berean Standard Bible
A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel of the Lord turnede ayen the secounde tyme, and touchide hym; and `the aungel seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete; for a greet weie is to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'
Update Bible Version
And the angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat, because the journey [is] too great for thee.
World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
New King James Version
And the angel [fn] of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you."
New Living Translation
Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, "Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you."
New Life Bible
The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him, and said, "Get up and eat. Because this traveling is too hard for you."
New Revised Standard
The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the messenger of Yahweh came again a second time, and touched him, and said - Rise, eat, - because, too much for thee, is the journey.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.
Revised Standard Version
And the angel of the LORD came again a second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you."
THE MESSAGE
The angel of God came back, shook him awake again, and said, "Get up and eat some more—you've got a long journey ahead of you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you."

Contextual Overview

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying: 'So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.' 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said: 'It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.' 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him: 'Arise and eat.' 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: 'Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.' 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: 1 Kings 19:5

because the journey: Deuteronomy 33:25, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:3 - angel Acts 12:7 - the angel

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
Genesis 19:9
And they said: 'Stand back.' And they said: 'This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.' And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
Genesis 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.
Leviticus 20:13
And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 23:17
he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him.
Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them: 'Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this wanton deed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him,.... In order to awake him out of sleep:

and said unto him, arise, and eat, because the journey is too great for thee; which he had to go to Horeb, without eating more than he had; and there were no provisions to be had in a common way and manner in his road thither.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arise and eat ... - i. e., “Eat a second time, for otherwise the journey will be beyond thy powers.” “The journey” was not simply a pilgrimage to Horeb, which was less than 200 miles distant, and might have been reached in six or seven days. It was to be a wandering in the wilderness, not unlike that of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt; only it was to last forty days instead of forty years.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 19:7. The journey is too great for thee. — From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.


 
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