the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
Young's Literal Translation
Luke 4:26
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalDevotionals:
- EveryParallel Translations
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them except a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
But vnto none of them was Elias sent, saue vnto Sarepta a citie of Sidon, vnto a woman that was a widow.
But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
But Elijah was sent to none of those widows, only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.
and yet Elijah was not sent [by the Lord] to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
but Elijah was sent only to a widow in the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon.
but Eliyahu was sent to none of them, only to a widow in Tzarfat in the land of Tzidon.
and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.
But vnto none of them was Elias sent, saue into Sarepta, a citie of Sidon, vnto a certaine widowe.
Yet Elijah was not sent to one of them, but to Zarephath of Sidon, to a widow.
Yet Elijah was not sent to anyone in Israel, but only to a widow living in Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.
And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
and yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a widow woman.
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Eliyah was sent to none of them, except only to Tzarfat, in the land of Tzidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
and to none of them was Elia sent, but to Sarephath of Tsaidon, unto a woman a widow:
but to no one of them was Elijah sent, except to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a widow woman.
And vnto none of the was Elias sent, saue vnto Sarepta, a citie of Sidon, vnto a woman that was a wydowe.
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Elijah was sent to none of them, except only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Yet to none of these was Elijah sent, but to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a widow.
and yet to not one of them was Elijah sent: he was only sent to a widow at Zarephath in the Sidonian country.
and to noon of hem was Elye sent, but in to Sarepta of Sydon, to a widowe.
and to none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.
But to none of them was Elijah sent, save to Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, to a woman [that was] a widow.
Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, [fn] in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
Elijah was sent to none of them, but he was sent to a woman in the city of Zarephath in the land of Sidon. This woman's husband had died.
yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
And, unto none of them, was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta of Sidonia, unto a woman that was a widow.
And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.
and Eli'jah was sent to none of them but only to Zar'ephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
and vnto none of them was Helias sent save in to Sarephta besydes Sidon vnto a woma that was a widow.
& to none of the was Elias sent, but onely vnto Sarepta of the Sydonyans to a wedowe.
yet to none of them was Elias sent, except to one widow in Sarepta, a city of Sidon.
But God didn't send Elijah to care for any of the ladies in Israel, only a widow living in Zarephath in Sidon.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
save: 1 Kings 17:9-24, Zarephath, Obadiah 1:20
Sarepta: Sarepta, a city of Phoenicia, on the coast of the Mediterranean, is called Zarphand by the Arabian geographer Sherif Ibn Idris, who places it twenty miles n of Tyre, and ten s of Sidon; but its real distance from Tyre is about fifteen miles, the whole distance from that city to Sidon being only twenty-five miles. Maundrell states that the place shown him for this city, called Sarphan, consisted of only a few houses, on the tops of the mountains, within about half a mile of the sea; between which there were ruins of considerable extent.
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:1 - Elijah John 17:12 - and
Cross-References
lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch.
And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.
And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.
and he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his tent, and there Isaac's servants dig a well.
and ye have called in the name of your god, and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire -- He [is] the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.'
To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call.
This [one] saith, For Jehovah I [am], And this calleth [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writeth [with] his hand, `For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But unto none of them was Elias sent,.... That is, to none of the poor widows in the land of Israel was the prophet sent, to supply them with food, and relieve them in their famishing circumstances, as might most reasonably have been expected:
save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon; which in 1 Kings 17:10 is called "Zarephath"; and by the Septuagint there, "Sarepta of Sidon", as here. Pliny r speaks of it by the same name, and reckons it to Sidon:
unto a woman that was a widow: she is said by the Jews s, to be the mother of Jonah the prophet. Our Lord meant to observe, by this instance, as by the following, that God bestows his favours on persons in a sovereign way, and sometimes upon the most unlikely; as in a time of famine, he overlooked the poor widows in Israel, his peculiar people, and sent his prophet to a Gentile woman in one of the cities of Sidon; and therefore they should cease to wonder if he wrought his miracles in other places, and not in his own country; since this was agreeable to the divine procedure in other cases, especially since they were a cavilling and unbelieving people. The Jews say t, that in all that generation there was not found any one that was worthy, as this woman.
r L. 5. c. 19. s Pirke Eliezer, c. 33. t Zohar in Exod. fol. 89. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Save unto Sarepta - Sarepta was a town between Tyre and Sidon, near the Mediterranean Sea. It was not a “Jewish” city, but a Sidonian, and therefore a “Gentile” town. The word “save” in this verse does not express the meaning of the original. It would seem to imply that the city was Jewish. The meaning of the verse is this: “He was sent to none of the widows in Israel. He was not sent except to Sarepta, to a woman that was a “Sidonian.” Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 232-236) regards Sarepta as the modern Sarafend. He says that the ruins have been frequently dug over for stone to build the barracks at Beirut, and that the broken columns, marble slabs, sarcophagi, and other ruins indicate that it was once a flourishing city. A large town was built there in the time of the Crusades.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. Unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta — The sentence is elliptical, and means this: To none of them was Elias sent; he was not sent except to Sarepta; for the widow at Sarepta was a Sidonian, not a widow of Israel. PEARCE. - Sarepta was a pagan city in the country of Sidon, in the vicinity of Galilee.
