1 Kings 21:17

New Century Version

At this time the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Elijah the Tishbite. The Lord said,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Eliyah the Tishbi, saying,

King James Version
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite:

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the word of the Lord came vnto Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Elijah the prophet,

Complete Jewish Bible
But the word of Adonai came to Eliyahu from Tishbe:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord spoke to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe:

George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,

Lexham English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the The?bite, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Elias the Thesbite, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the word of the Lord was maad to Elie of Thesbi,

Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

New Living Translation
But the Lord said to Elijah,

New Life Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Elias, the Thesbite, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Eli'jah the Tishbite, saying,

THE MESSAGE
Then God stepped in and spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, "On your feet; go down and confront Ahab of Samaria, king of Israel. You'll find him in the vineyard of Naboth; he's gone there to claim it as his own. Say this to him: ‘ God 's word: What's going on here? First murder, then theft?' Then tell him, ‘ God 's verdict: The very spot where the dogs lapped up Naboth's blood, they'll lap up your blood—that's right, your blood.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ At this time the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Elijah the Tishbite. The Lord said, ¹⁸ "Go to Ahab king of Israel in Samaria. He is at Naboth's vineyard, where he has gone to take it as his own. ¹⁹ Tell Ahab that I, the Lord , say to him, ‘You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I tell you this: In the same place the dogs licked up Naboth's blood, they will also lick up your blood!'" ²⁰ When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, "So you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah answered, "Yes, I have found you. You have always chosen to do what the Lord says is wrong. ²¹ So the Lord says to you, ‘I will soon destroy you. I will kill you and every male in your family, both slave and free. ²² Your family will be like the family of King Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the family of King Baasha son of Ahijah. I will destroy you, because you have made me angry and have led the people of Israel to sin.' ²³ "And the Lord also says, ‘Dogs will eat the body of Jezebel in the city of Jezreel.' ²⁴ "Anyone in your family who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the fields will be eaten by birds." ²⁵ There was no one like Ahab who had chosen so often to do what the Lord said was wrong, because his wife Jezebel influenced him to do evil. ²⁶ Ahab sinned terribly by worshiping idols, just as the Amorite people did. And the Lord had taken away their land and given it to the people of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Kings 1:15, 2 Kings 1:16, 2 Kings 5:26, Psalms 9:12, Isaiah 26:21

Reciprocal: Matthew 18:12 - into Mark 12:12 - knew

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things happened, the Lord spoke his word to Abram in a vision: "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you, and I will give you a great reward."

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."

Genesis 16:11
The angel added, "You are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cries.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.

Genesis 21:2
Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. Everything happened at the time God had said it would.

Genesis 21:4
He circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 46:3
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the prophet,.... Where he now was, when this word came to him, is not certain; nor what he had been employed in for some time past, since we hear nothing of him since the unction of Elisha, other prophets of lesser note being employed in messages to Ahab from time to time; perhaps Elijah, while Ahab was engaged in war with the king of Syria, spent his time in founding or reviving the schools of the prophets, and instructing and training up those that were in them for public usefulness, since we afterwards hear of them; the word that came to him is, by the Targum, called the word of prophecy, as indeed it was, foretelling the destruction of Ahab and his house: saying; as follows.