Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there."
New American Standard Bible
It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and
King James Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Holman Bible
You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens
International Standard Version
You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there."
A Conservative Version
And it shall be, that thou shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
American Standard Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Amplified
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food].”
Bible in Basic English
The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
Darby Translation
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Julia Smith Translation
And being thou shalt drink from the torrent; and I commanded the ravens to nourish thee there.
King James 2000
And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, you shall drink of the brook. And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Drink of the river for I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."
NET Bible
Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there."
New Heart English Bible
And it shall be that you will drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
The Emphasized Bible
and it shall be that, of the torrent, shalt thou drink, - and, the ravens, have I commanded to sustain thee, there.
Webster
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
World English Bible
It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The prophet fed by the birds
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To elijah
Cherith » Jericho » Near » Jericho
Christian ministers » God's care of
divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies
Elijah » Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens
Famine » God provided for his people during
divine Guidance » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies
Interlinear
Shathah
Tsavah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 17:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prophet Elijah Arises
3 "Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi Kerith {which faces the Jordan}. 4 It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there." 5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi Kerith {which faces the Jordan}.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:9
"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."
Numbers 20:8
"Take the staff and summon the community, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will give water. Bring out for them water from the rock, and let the community and their livestock drink."
1 Kings 19:5-8
He lay down and fell asleep under a certain broom tree, and suddenly this angel [was] touching him and said to him, "Get up, eat!"
Job 34:29
but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,
Job 38:8-13
"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,
Job 38:41
Who prepares for the crow its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, [and] they wander around {for lack of food}?
Psalm 33:8-9
Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all [the] inhabitants of [the] world stand in awe of him.
Psalm 147:9
[He] gives to [the] animal its food, [and] to [the] young ravens that cry.
Amos 9:3-4
And [even] if they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search and will take them, and [even] if they hide from before my eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent and it will bite them.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and began ministering to him.