Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And she went and did as Elijah bade. And she and he and her house did eat a good space,
New American Standard Bible
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.
King James Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
Holman Bible
So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days.
International Standard Version
So she went out and did precisely what Elijah told her to do. As a result, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed for days.
A Conservative Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
American Standard Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
Amplified
She went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
Bible in Basic English
So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.
Darby Translation
And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will go and do according to the word of Elijah: and she will eat, she and he, and her house, days.
King James 2000
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; then [both] she and he ate with her household for many days.
Modern King James verseion
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she and he and her house ate many days;
NET Bible
She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.
New Heart English Bible
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she, and he, and her household, ate for a long time.
The Emphasized Bible
So she went and made ready, according to the word of Elijah, - and did eat, she, and he, and her house, certain days:
Webster
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
World English Bible
She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
Youngs Literal Translation
And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days;
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The food that never grew less
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To the widow of zerephath
Christian ministers » God's care of
Christian ministers » Hospitality to » Woman of zarephath to elijah
Elijah » Three times fed with divine supplies » By miraculously increased store of the widow
Elijah » Miracles of » Increases the oil of the widow of zarephath
Faith » Instances of » Widow of zarephath in feeding elijah
Giving » Sacrificial » The widow of zarephath
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Miracles » Catalogue of » Elijah » Increases the widow's meal and oil
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Elijah » Meal and oil multiplied
Poor » Kindness to » To the widow of zarephath
Select readings » Elijah's miraculous preservation
Sacrificial giving » The widow of zarephath
Self-denial » Exemplified » Widow of zarephath
Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
Women » Good » Widow of zarephath, who fed elijah during the famine
Interlinear
Yalak
Dabar
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 17:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Widow
14 For thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'The pitcher of meal shall not be wasted, neither shall thy oil cruse be without oil, until the LORD have sent rain upon the earth.'" 15 And she went and did as Elijah bade. And she and he and her house did eat a good space, 16 and the pitcher of meal wasted not neither was the oil cruse without oil according to the word of the LORD which he spake through Elijah.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 6:22
And Noah did according to all that God commanded him.
Genesis 12:4
And Abram went as the LORD bade him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy five years old, when he went out of Haran.
Genesis 22:3
Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.
2 Chronicles 20:20
And so they arose early in the morning and gat them out unto the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and the inhabiters of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and so shall ye continue: and believe his prophets and so shall ye prosper."
Matthew 15:28
Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, "O woman great is thy faith, be it to thee, even as thou desirest." And her daughter was made whole even at that same hour.
Mark 12:43
And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury.
John 11:40
Jesus said unto her, "Said I not unto thee, that if thou didst believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?"
Romans 4:19-20
And he fainted not in the faith, nor yet considered his own body, which was now dead, even when he was almost a hundred years old: neither yet that Sara was past childbearing.
Hebrews 11:7-8
By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises: