Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
New American Standard Bible
“Arise, go to
King James Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Holman Bible
“Get up, go to Zarephath
International Standard Version
"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there."
A Conservative Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
Amplified
“Arise, go to
Bible in Basic English
Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.
Darby Translation
Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Arise, go to Zarephath which is to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I commanded a widow woman to nourish thee there.
King James 2000
Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you."
Modern King James verseion
Arise, go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Behold, I have commanded a widow to keep you there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Up, and get thee to Zarephath a city of Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee."
NET Bible
"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."
New Heart English Bible
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."
The Emphasized Bible
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there, - Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee.
Webster
Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
World English Bible
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."
Youngs Literal Translation
Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'
Themes
Christian ministers » God's care of
divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies
Faith » Faith tested tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Famine » God provided for his people during
divine Guidance » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies
Hindrances » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Judgments » Preservation during--exemplified » Elijah
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Miracles » Catalogue of » Elijah » Increases the widow's meal and oil
Select readings » Elijah's miraculous preservation
The Sidonians » Cities of mentioned » Zarephath or sarepta
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
Women » Sufferings of » As widows
Women » Good » Widow of zarephath, who fed elijah during the famine
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 17:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Widow
8 And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Phrases
Cross References
Obadiah 1:20
And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites,'shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
Luke 4:26
and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Judges 7:2
And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Judges 7:4
And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Matthew 15:21-22
And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Romans 4:17-21
(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;