Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 » Fed by ravens
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 unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 16:35
Thus the sons of Israel ate manna forty years until they came to a land inhabited; they ate manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 11:23
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Judges 14:14
And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not declare the enigma in three days.
Judges 15:18-19
And he was sore athirst and called on the LORD and said, Thou hast given this great salvation by the hand of thy slave; and now shall I die for thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Psalm 34:9-10
Teth O fear the LORD, ye his saints; for those that fear him lack nothing.
Psalm 37:3
Beth Wait in the LORD and do good; live in the land and uphold the truth.
Psalm 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalm 78:15-16
He clave the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalm 78:23-24
and he commanded the clouds of above and opened the doors of the heavens
Isaiah 33:16
he shall dwell upon the high places: fortresses of rocks shall be his place of refuge: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Jeremiah 37:21
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the guard and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Jeremiah 40:4
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seems good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seems ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; where it seems good and convenient for thee to go, go there.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Because the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines; the labour of the olive shall lie, and the cultivated fields shall yield no food; the sheep shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Matthew 6:31-33
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?
Matthew 14:19-21
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass and took the five loaves and the two fishes; and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Luke 22:35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse and provision bag and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.
Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us,
Hebrews 13:5-6
Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.