Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And she went to fetch it, and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
New American Standard Bible
As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
King James Version
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
Holman Bible
As she went to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
International Standard Version
While she was on her way to get the water, he called out to her, "Would you please also bring me a piece of bread while you're at it?"
A Conservative Version
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
American Standard Version
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
Amplified
As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
Bible in Basic English
And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will go to take, and he will call to her and say, Take now to me a bit of bread in thy hand.
King James 2000
And as she was going to bring it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
She went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
Modern King James verseion
And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, Please, bring me a piece of bread in your hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as she went to fetch it, he cried to her and said, "Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand."
NET Bible
As she went to get it, he called out to her, "Please bring me a piece of bread."
New Heart English Bible
And as she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand."
The Emphasized Bible
And, as she went to fetch it, he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread, in thy hand.
Webster
And as she was going to bring it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
World English Bible
As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
Youngs Literal Translation
And she goeth to bring it, and he calleth unto her and saith, 'Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.'
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The food that never grew less
Christian ministers » God's care of
Christian ministers » Hospitality to » Woman of zarephath to elijah
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Miracles » Catalogue of » Elijah » Increases the widow's meal and oil
Select readings » Elijah's miraculous preservation
Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
Women » Good » Widow of zarephath, who fed elijah during the famine
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 17:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Widow
10 And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman 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. 11 And she went to fetch it, and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. 12 And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Cross References
Genesis 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread; and refresh yourselves; after that ye shall pass on; for therefore have ye passed on towards your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.
Genesis 24:18-19
And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink.
1 Kings 17:9
Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
1 Kings 18:4
and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);
Matthew 10:42
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Matthew 25:35-40
for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.