Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the crows to sustain 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."
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 » Fed by ravens
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 "Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 4 Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there." 5 So he did as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:9
"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."
Numbers 20:8
"Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink."
1 Kings 19:5-8
He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, "Get up and eat."
Job 34:29
But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
Job 38:8-13
"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,
Job 38:41
Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
Psalm 33:8-9
Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!
Psalm 147:9
He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
Amos 9:3-4
Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.