Parallel Verses
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.
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?"
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.
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.
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 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. 11 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. 12 And she said, As LORD thy God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the 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,
Cross References
Genesis 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart. After that ye shall pass on, inasmuch as ye came to your servant. And they said, Do so as thou have said.
Genesis 24:18-19
And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
1 Kings 17:9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
1 Kings 18:4
for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
Matthew 10:42
And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.
Matthew 25:35-40
For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in,
Hebrews 13:2
Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.