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New King James Version

1 Kings 19:7

And the angel [fn] of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (Holy Trinity);   Angel (a Spirit);   Beer-Sheba;   Blessing;   Elijah;   Life;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Trouble;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elijah;   God's;   Silence-Speech;   Voice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Elijah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Elijah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel of the Lord returned for a second time and touched him. He said, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
Hebrew Names Version
The angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
King James Version
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
English Standard Version
And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
New Century Version
Later the Lord 's angel came to him a second time. The angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat. If you don't, the journey will be too hard for you."
New English Translation
The Lord 's angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, for otherwise you won't be able to make the journey."
Amplified Bible
Then the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Get up, and eat, for the journey is too long for you [without adequate sustenance]."
New American Standard Bible
But the angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him, and said, "Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Angel of the Lorde came againe the second time, and touched him, and sayd, Vp, and eate: for thou hast a great iourney.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you."
Contemporary English Version
Soon the Lord 's angel woke him again and said, "Get up and eat, or else you'll get too tired to travel."
Complete Jewish Bible
The angel came again, a second time, touched him and said, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."
Darby Translation
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later the Lord 's angel came to him again, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat! If you don't, you will not be strong enough to make the long trip."
George Lamsa Translation
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time and touched him and said, Arise, eat and drink; because the journey is too great for you.
Good News Translation
The Lord 's angel returned and woke him up a second time, saying, "Get up and eat, or the trip will be too much for you."
Lexham English Bible
The angel of Yahweh appeared a second time and touched him and said, "Get up, eat, for the journey is greater than you."
Literal Translation
And the angel of Jehovah returned a second time, and touched him, and said, Get up, eat, for the way is too great for you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye angell of the LORDE, came agayne the seconde tyme, & touched him, & sayde: Stonde vp, and eate, for thou hast a greate waye to go.
American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.
Bible in Basic English
And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angel of the Lord came againe the seconde time, and touched him, and sayde: Up, and eate, for thou hast yet a great iourney.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: 'Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.'
King James Version (1611)
And the Angel of the Lord came againe the second time, and touched him, and sayd, Arise, and eate, because the iourney is too great for thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee.
English Revised Version
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
Berean Standard Bible
A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel of the Lord turnede ayen the secounde tyme, and touchide hym; and `the aungel seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete; for a greet weie is to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'
Update Bible Version
And the angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat, because the journey [is] too great for thee.
World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
New Living Translation
Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, "Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you."
New Life Bible
The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him, and said, "Get up and eat. Because this traveling is too hard for you."
New Revised Standard
The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the messenger of Yahweh came again a second time, and touched him, and said - Rise, eat, - because, too much for thee, is the journey.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.
Revised Standard Version
And the angel of the LORD came again a second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you."
THE MESSAGE
The angel of God came back, shook him awake again, and said, "Get up and eat some more—you've got a long journey ahead of you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you."

Contextual Overview

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." 3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, "It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!" 5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel [fn] touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat." 6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. 7 And the angel [fn] of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you." 8 So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: 1 Kings 19:5

because the journey: Deuteronomy 33:25, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:3 - angel Acts 12:7 - the angel

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:9
And they said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them." So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.
Genesis 19:11
And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.
Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 23:17
"There shall be no ritual harlot [fn] of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted [fn] one of the sons of Israel.
Judges 19:23
But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, do not commit this outrage.
Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood [fn] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him,.... In order to awake him out of sleep:

and said unto him, arise, and eat, because the journey is too great for thee; which he had to go to Horeb, without eating more than he had; and there were no provisions to be had in a common way and manner in his road thither.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arise and eat ... - i. e., “Eat a second time, for otherwise the journey will be beyond thy powers.” “The journey” was not simply a pilgrimage to Horeb, which was less than 200 miles distant, and might have been reached in six or seven days. It was to be a wandering in the wilderness, not unlike that of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt; only it was to last forty days instead of forty years.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 19:7. The journey is too great for thee. — From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.


 
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