Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there, - Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee.
New American Standard Bible
“Arise, go to
King James Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Holman Bible
“Get up, go to Zarephath
International Standard Version
"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there."
A Conservative Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
American Standard Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
Amplified
“Arise, go to
Bible in Basic English
Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.
Darby Translation
Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Arise, go to Zarephath which is to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I commanded a widow woman to nourish thee there.
King James 2000
Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"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."
Modern King James verseion
Arise, go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Behold, I have commanded a widow to keep you there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Up, and get thee to Zarephath a city of Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee."
NET Bible
"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."
New Heart English Bible
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."
Webster
Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
World English Bible
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."
Youngs Literal Translation
Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'
Themes
Christian ministers » God's care of
divine Direction » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies
Faith » Faith tested tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Famine » God provided for his people during
divine Guidance » Explicit instructions given » Finding supplies
Hindrances » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Judgments » Preservation during--exemplified » Elijah
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Miracles » Catalogue of » Elijah » Increases the widow's meal and oil
Select readings » Elijah's miraculous preservation
The Sidonians » Cities of mentioned » Zarephath or sarepta
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
Women » Sufferings of » As widows
Women » Good » Widow of zarephath, who fed elijah during the famine
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 17:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Widow
8 Then came the word of Yahweh unto him, saying - 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there, - Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath, and, when he came to the entrance of the city, lo! there, a widow woman gathering sticks, - and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Phrases
Cross References
Obadiah 1:20
And, they of the captivity of this force pertaining to the sons of Israel, shall possess that of the Canaanites, up to Zarephath, and, they of the captivity of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
Luke 4:26
And, unto none of them, was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta of Sidonia, unto a woman that was a widow.
1 Kings 17:4
and it shall be that, of the torrent, shalt thou drink, - and, the ravens, have I commanded to sustain thee, there.
Judges 7:2
And Yahweh said unto Gideon, Too many, are the people that are with thee, for me to deliver the Midianites into their hand, - lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand, hath saved me.
Judges 7:4
Then said Yahweh unto Gideon - Yet, are the people too many, take them down unto the waters, that I may prove them for thee, there, - and it shall be, that, he of whom I say unto thee, This one, shall go with thee, the same, shall go with thee, and, every one of whom I say unto thee, This one, shall not go with thee, the same, shall not go.
Matthew 15:21-22
And, going forth from thence, Jesus retired into the parts of Tyre and Zidon.
Romans 4:17-21
Even as it is written - Father of many nations, have I appointed thee: before him whom he believed - God, who causeth the dead to live, and calleth the things that are not as things that are: -
2 Corinthians 4:7
Howbeit we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that, the surpassing greatness of the power, may be of God, and not from ourselves: -