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Updated Bible Version

1 Kings 18:8

And he answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [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!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: yee, go thy waye, and tell yi lorde: beholde, Elias is here.
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.'
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 it came to pass after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was intense in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly: 4 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water, and to all the brooks: perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we do not lose all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, look, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [is here]. 9 And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your slave into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.

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
And he urged them greatly; and they turned in to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Deuteronomy 32:14
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
Judges 5:25
He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
Judges 13:15
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a young goat for you.
Nehemiah 12:44
And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Luke 12:37
Blessed are those slaves, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
Luke 17:8
and will not rather say to him, Make ready [that] with which I may sup, and gird yourself, and serve me, until I have eaten and drank; and afterward you shall eat and drink?
Luke 24:30
And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking [it] he gave to them.
Luke 24:43
And he took it, and ate before them.
John 12:2
So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of those that sat to eat 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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