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Myles Coverdale Bible

1 Kings 18:8

He sayde: yee, go thy waye, and tell yi lorde: beholde, Elias is here.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doubting;   Elijah;   Obadiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Obadiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Zeal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Obadiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Carmel;   Elijah;   Haggai;   Obadiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Obadiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount carmel;   Obadiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Jezebel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Obadi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“It is I,” he replied. “Go tell your lord, ‘Elijah is here!’”
Hebrew Names Version
He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here].
King James Version
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
English Standard Version
And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.'"
New Century Version
"Yes," Elijah answered. "Go tell your master that I am here."
New English Translation
He replied, "Yes, go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.'"
Amplified Bible
He answered him, "It is I. Go tell your master, 'Elijah is here.'"
New American Standard Bible
And he said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.'"
Contemporary English Version
"Yes. Go tell Ahab I'm here."
Complete Jewish Bible
He answered, "Yes, it is I; go, tell your master, ‘Eliyahu is here.'"
Darby Translation
And he said to him, I [am he]: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
Easy-to-Read Version
Elijah answered, "Yes, it is me. Now, go and tell your master, the king, that I am here."
George Lamsa Translation
And he answered him, It is I; then he said to him, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Good News Translation
"Yes, I'm Elijah," he answered. "Go and tell your master the king that I am here."
Lexham English Bible
He said to him, "I am. Go, say to your lord, ‘Elijah is here.'"
Literal Translation
And he said to him, I am ; Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah!
American Standard Version
And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Bible in Basic English
And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he aunswered him, I am he: Go, and tel thy lorde, beholde, Elias is here.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he answered him: 'It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.'
King James Version (1611)
And he answered him, I am: goe, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Eliu said to him, I am: go say to thy master, Behold, Eliu is here.
English Revised Version
And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
Berean Standard Bible
"It is I," he answered. "Go tell your master, 'Elijah is here!'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom he answeride, Y am. And Elie seide, Go thou, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to him, `I [am]; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.'
Update Bible Version
And he answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [is here].
Webster's Bible Translation
And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
World English Bible
He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
New King James Version
And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here."'
New Living Translation
"Yes, it is," Elijah replied. "Now go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.'"
New Life Bible
He answered, "It is I. Go and tell your owner, ‘See, Elijah is here.'"
New Revised Standard
He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said to him - I, am! Go, say to thy lord: Here, is, Elijah!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answered: I am. Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.
Revised Standard Version
And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Behold, Eli'jah is here.'"
THE MESSAGE
"Yes," said Elijah, "the real me. Now go and tell your boss, ‘I've seen Elijah.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here."'

Contextual Overview

1 And after a longe season came ye worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare, & sayde: Go thy waye, & shewe yi selfe vnto Achab, yt I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth. 2 And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth i Samaria. 3 And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer: (As for Abdia, he feared ye LORDE greatly: 4 for wha Iesabel roted out ye prophetes of ye LORDE, Abdia toke an C. prophetes, and hyd them in caues, here fiftye, & there fiftye, & prouyded for them wt bred and water.) 5 Achab now sayde vnto Abdia: Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water & ryuers, yf happlye we maye finde hay, & to saue ye horses & mules, yt all the catell perishe not. 6 And they parted the selues into the londe, to go thorow it. Achab departed the one waye alone, and Abdia ye other waye alone. 7 Now whan Abdia was on ye waye, Elias met him. And whan he knewe him, he fell downe vpon his face, & sayde: Art not thou my lorde Elias? 8 He sayde: yee, go thy waye, and tell yi lorde: beholde, Elias is here. 9 But he sayde: What haue I offended, that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab, that he maye slaye me? 10 As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth, there is no people ner kingdome, but my lorde hath sent thither to seke the. And whan they sayde: He is not here, he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion, that they had not founde the.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy lord: 1 Kings 18:3, Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 2:18

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:11 - Go

Cross-References

Genesis 19:3
Then compelled he them sore: and they turned in vnto him, and came in to his house. And he made them a feast, and baked swete cakes, and they ate.
Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of the kyne, and mylke of the shepe, with the fat of the lambes, and rammes of the sonnes of Basan, and he goates with the fat of the kydneys, and wheate: And gaue him drynke of the very bloude of grapes.
Judges 5:25
Whan he axed water, she gaue him mylke, & broughte forth butter in a lordly dißshe.
Judges 13:15
Manoah sayde vnto ye angell of the LORDE: let vs holde the here (I praye the) we will prepare a kydd for the.
Nehemiah 12:44
At the same tyme were there men appoynted ouer the treasure chestes (wherin were ye Heueofferynges, the firstlinges and the tithes) that they shulde gather them out of ye feldes aboute the cities, to destribute the vnto the prestes and Leuites acordinge to the lawe: for Iuda was glad of the prestes, and Leuites, that they stode and wayted
Luke 12:37
Blessed are those seruauntes, whom the LORDE (whan he cometh) shal fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you: He shal gyrde vp him self, and make them syt downe at the table, and shal go by them, and mynister vnto them.
Luke 17:8
Is it not thus? that he sayeth vnto him: Make ready, that I maye suppe, gyrde vp thyself, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, afterwarde shalt thou eate and drynke also.
Luke 24:30
And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with the, he toke the bred, gaue thankes, brake it, and gaue it them.
Luke 24:43
And he toke it, and ate it before the.
John 12:2
There they made him a supper, and Martha serued. But Lazarus was one of them, that sat at the table with him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he answered him, I am,.... He did not desire to be concealed, his orders were to show and make himself known to Ahab, and Obadiah was one of his domestic servants:

go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here; in such a place, ready to face him at any time. Elijah, by calling Ahab the lord of Obadiah, as he tacitly reproves him for calling him lord, shows reverence to Ahab as a king, and yet that he was fearless of him, as he was the prophet and ambassador of the Lord of hosts to him.


 
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