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New American Standard Bible (1995)

1 Kings 18:14

"And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me."

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®
Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here!”’ He will kill me!”
Hebrew Names Version
Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here]; and he will kill me.
King James Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
English Standard Version
And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; and he will kill me."
New Century Version
Now you want me to go and tell my master you are here? He will kill me!"
New English Translation
Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, "Elijah is back,"' but he will kill me."
Amplified Bible
"And now you are saying, 'Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here"'; and he will kill me."
New American Standard Bible
"Yet now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me."
Contemporary English Version
Do you really want me to tell Ahab you're here? He will kill me!
Complete Jewish Bible
Now you say, ‘Go tell your master, "Look, Eliyahu is here."' Why, he'll kill me!"
Darby Translation
And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now you want me to go and tell the king that you are here. The king will kill me!"
George Lamsa Translation
And now you say to me, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he shall slay me.
Good News Translation
So how can you order me to go and tell the king that you are here? He will kill me!"
Lexham English Bible
Now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your lord: "Elijah is here,"' and he will kill me."
Literal Translation
And now you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah, and he will kill me!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou sayest now: Go thy waye, tell thy lorde: Elias is here, that he maye slaye me.
American Standard Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.
Bible in Basic English
And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou sayest, Go thou now & shewe thy lorde, beholde Elias is here: that he may slay me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.'
King James Version (1611)
And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here: and hee shall slay me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now thou sayest to me, Go, say to thy master, Behold, Eliu is here: and he shall slay me.
English Revised Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah: [is here]: and he shall slay me.
Berean Standard Bible
And now you say, 'Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!' He will kill me!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now thou seist, Go, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present, that he sle me.
Young's Literal Translation
and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!'
Update Bible Version
And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [is here]; and he will slay me.
Webster's Bible Translation
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he will slay me.
World English Bible
Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]; and he will kill me.
New King James Version
And now you say, "Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here."' He will kill me!"
New Living Translation
And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, "Elijah is here."' Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me."
New Life Bible
Now you are saying, ‘Go and tell your owner, "See, Elijah is here."' He will kill me."
New Revised Standard
Yet now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here'; he will surely kill me."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and yet, now, thou, art saying, Go, tell thy lord - Here, is, Elijah; and so he will slay me!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now thou sayest: Go and tell thy master: Elias is here: that he may kill me.
Revised Standard Version
And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Eli'jah is here"'; and he will kill me."

Contextual Overview

1 Now it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth." 2 So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 3 Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly; 4 for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.) 5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle." 6 So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is this you, Elijah my master?" 8 He said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here."' 9 He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death? 10 "As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and he shall slay me: Matthew 10:28

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:11 - Go 2 Kings 6:32 - son of a murderer John 18:4 - Whom

Cross-References

Genesis 17:21
"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."
Genesis 18:1
Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:2
When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth,
Genesis 18:10
He said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.
Numbers 11:23
The LORD said to Moses, "Is the LORD'S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not."
Deuteronomy 7:21
"You shall not dread them, for the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
Deuteronomy 30:3
then the LORD your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.
1 Samuel 14:6
Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the LORD will work for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few."
2 Kings 4:16
Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant."
Job 36:5
"Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.


 
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