Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook.
New American Standard Bible
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
King James Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Holman Bible
The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening,
International Standard Version
Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
American Standard Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Amplified
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he would drink from the brook.
Bible in Basic English
And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
Darby Translation
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
Julia Smith Translation
And the ravens bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he will drink from the torrent.
King James 2000
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The crows [were] bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
Modern King James verseion
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh every morning and every evening, and he drank of the brook.
NET Bible
The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.
New Heart English Bible
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening. And he drank from the wadi.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the ravens, used to bring him bread and flesh, in the morning, and bread and flesh, in the evening, - and, of the torrent, used he to drink.
Webster
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
World English Bible
The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.
Themes
Bible stories for children » David the giant killer 1sa 17 » The prophet fed by the birds
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To elijah
Cherith » Jericho » Near » Jericho
Christian ministers » God's care of
Elijah » Three times fed with divine supplies » By ravens
Elijah » Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens
God » Examples of plentiful supplies furnished in time of need » For elijah in the time of famine
God » Supplies of » For elijah in the time of famine
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Miracles » Catalogue of » Elijah » Is fed by ravens
Topics
Interlinear
Lechem
Basar
בּשׂר
Basar
flesh, body, fatfleshed , leanfleshed , kin, leanfleshed , mankind , myself, nakedness, skin
Usage: 270
Lechem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 17:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prophet Elijah Arises
5 So he went and did according to the word of LORD, for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 16:35
And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 11:23
And LORD said to Moses, Is LORD's hand grown short? Now thou shall see whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.
Judges 14:14
And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.
Judges 15:18-19
And he was very thirsty, and called on LORD, and said, Thou have given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.
Psalm 34:9-10
O fear LORD, ye his sanctified, for there is no want to those who fear him.
Psalm 37:3
Trust in LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
Psalm 37:19
They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalm 78:15-16
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Psalm 78:23-24
Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.
Jeremiah 37:21
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. And they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the
Jeremiah 40:4
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which are upon thy hand. If it seem good to thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to thee, but if it seems ill to thee to come with me into Babylon, for
Habakkuk 3:17-18
For though the fig tree shall not flourish, nor shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food. The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
Matthew 6:31-33
Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?
Matthew 14:19-21
And after commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looking up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken them in pieces, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the
Matthew 19:26
And having looked, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Luke 22:35
And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
Hebrews 6:18
So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.
Hebrews 13:5-6
The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.