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Green's Literal Translation

1 Kings 17:2

And the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Elijah;   Minister, Christian;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to him:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to him, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to him:
New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah:
New English Translation
The Lord told him:
Amplified Bible
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Later, the Lord said to Elijah,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to him:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Elijah,
George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah,
Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him, and sayde:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide,
Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah,
New Life Bible
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to him, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto him, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to him,
THE MESSAGE
God then told Elijah, "Get out of here, and fast. Head east and hide out at the Kerith Ravine on the other side of the Jordan River. You can drink fresh water from the brook; I've ordered the ravens to feed you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew nor rain these years, except according to my word. 2 And the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 3 Go away from here; and you shall turn eastward and shall hide by the torrent Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, you shall drink of the torrent; and I shall command the ravens to feed you there. 5 And he went and did according to the Word of Jehovah; for he went and lived by the torrent Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent. 7 And it happened after a while, that the torrent dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 12:22, 1 Chronicles 17:3, Jeremiah 7:1, Jeremiah 11:1, Jeremiah 18:1, Hosea 1:1, Hosea 1:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:8 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
Behold! I, even I, am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great; and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your seed also will be counted.
Genesis 15:18
On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Genesis 17:4
As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make you very fruitful, exceedingly. And I will give you for nations. And kings shall come out of you.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land of your sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:11
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin. And it shall be a token of the covenant between Me and you.
Genesis 17:17
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, Shall one be born to a son of a hundred years? And shall Sarah bear, a daughter of ninety years?
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before You!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to him,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him:

saying; as follows.


 
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