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Literal Standard Version

1 Kings 17:2

And the word of YHWH is 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,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah 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

1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, says to Ahab, "YHWH, God of Israel, lives, before whom I have stood, there is not dew and rain these years, except according to my word." 2And the word of YHWH is to him, saying,3"Go from this [place]; and you have turned for yourself eastward, and been hidden by the Brook of Cherith that [is] on the front of the Jordan, 4and it has been [that] you drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there." 5And he goes and does according to the word of YHWH, indeed, he goes and dwells by the Brook of Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan, 6and the ravens are bringing bread and flesh to him in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drinks from the brook. 7And it comes to pass, at the end of [the] days, that the brook dries up, for there has been 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
"And I, behold, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Genesis 12:2
And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Genesis 13:16
And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;
Genesis 15:18
In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,
Genesis 17:4
"I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;
Genesis 17:6
and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.
Genesis 17:8
and I have given to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a continuous possession, and I have become their God."
Genesis 17:11
and you have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it has become a token of a covenant between Me and you.
Genesis 17:17
And Abraham falls on his face, and laughs, and says in his heart, "Is one born to the son of one hundred years? Or does Sarah—daughter of ninety years—bear?"
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham says to God, "O that Ishmael may 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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