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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Kings 17:7

And it came to passe after a while, that the brooke dryed vp, because there had beene no raine in the land.

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
There was no rain, so after a while the stream became dry.
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.
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 And Eliiah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said vnto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liueth, before whome I stand, there shall not be deaw nor raine these yeres, but according to my word. 2 And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turne thee Eastward, and hide thy selfe by the brooke Cherith, that is before Iordane. 4 And it shall bee, that thou shalt drinke of the brooke, and I haue commanded the rauens to feed thee there. 5 So hee went, and did according vnto the word of the Lord: for hee went and dwelt by the brooke Cherith, that is before Iordane. 6 And the rauens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the euening: and hee dranke of the brooke. 7 And it came to passe after a while, that the brooke dryed vp, because there had beene no raine in the land.

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
In that same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; Unto thy seed haue I giuen this land from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates:
Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and I will make nations of thee, and Kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee, in their generations for an euerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 17:8
And I will giue vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:9
And God said vnto Abraham, Thou shalt keepe my couenant therefore, thou, and thy seede after thee, in their generations.
Genesis 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskinne; and it shal be a token of the couenant betwixt me and you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will blesse her, and giue thee a sonne also of her: yea I wil blesse her, and she shalbe a mother of nations; Kings of people shall be of her.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be borne vnto him that is an hundred yeeres old? and shal Sarah that is ninetie yeeres old, beare?
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.

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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