Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

New American Standard Bible

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

King James Version

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

Holman Bible

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.

The famine was severe in Samaria.

International Standard Version

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab, right when the famine in Samaria was most severe.

A Conservative Version

And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

American Standard Version

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

Amplified

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

Bible in Basic English

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

Darby Translation

And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

Julia Smith Translation

And Elijah will go to be seen to Ahab. And the famine strong in Shomeron.

King James 2000

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine [was] severe in Samaria.

Modern King James verseion

And Elijah went to be seen himself to Ahab. And there was a great famine in Samaria.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab, for there was a great famishment in Samaria.

NET Bible

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

New Heart English Bible

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

The Emphasized Bible

And Elijah went, to show himself unto Ahab. Now, the famine, was severe in Samaria.

Webster

And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a grievous famine in Samaria.

World English Bible

Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אליּהוּ אליּה 
'Eliyah 
Usage: 71

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

to shew
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

אחב אחאב 
'Ach'ab 
Usage: 93

רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

Verse Info

Context Readings

War Between Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal

1 And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, 'Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;' 2 and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria, 3 and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who is over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

Cross References

Leviticus 26:26

'In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.

Deuteronomy 28:23-24

And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron;

2 Kings 6:25

and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

Psalm 27:1

By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

Psalm 51:4

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

Isaiah 51:12

I -- I am He -- your comforter, Who art thou -- and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man -- grass he is made!

Jeremiah 14:2-6

Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

Joel 1:15-20

And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

Hebrews 13:5-6

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

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