1 Kings 17:2

Young's Literal Translation

And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

Parallel Translations

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

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

King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to him:

New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah:

New English Translation
The Lord told him:

Amplified Bible
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying,

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

Contemporary English Version
Later, the Lord said to Elijah,

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to him:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Elijah,

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

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah,

Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

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

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide,

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

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

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

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

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah,

New Life Bible
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to him, saying,

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

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

Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to him,

THE MESSAGE
God then told Elijah, "Get out of here, and fast. Head east and hide out at the Kerith Ravine on the other side of the Jordan River. You can drink fresh water from the brook; I've ordered the ravens to feed you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.' <sup>2</sup> And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying, <sup>3</sup> `Go from this [place]; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan, ⁴ and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.' ⁵ And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan, ⁶ and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh. ⁷ And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 12:22, 1 Chronicles 17:3, Jeremiah 7:1, Jeremiah 11:1, Jeremiah 18:1, Hosea 1:1, Hosea 1:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:8 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,

Genesis 12:2
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

Genesis 13:16
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;

Genesis 15:18
In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

Genesis 17:4
`I -- lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

Genesis 17:6
and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

Genesis 17:8
and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

Genesis 17:11
and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

Genesis 17:17
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'

Genesis 17:18
And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to him,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him:

saying; as follows.