Parallel Verses
World English Bible
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
New American Standard Bible
So they divided the land between them to
King James Version
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Holman Bible
They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
International Standard Version
So they divided the land between them so they could conduct their survey. Ahab went off by himself in one direction and Obadiah went off by himself in the other.
A Conservative Version
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
American Standard Version
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Amplified
So they divided the land between them to
Bible in Basic English
So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.
Darby Translation
And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will divide the land to them to pass over in it: Ahab went in one way by himself, and Obadiaha went went in one way by himself.
King James 2000
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they divided the land for themselves in order to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Modern King James verseion
And they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they divided the land between them to walk through it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another by himself.
NET Bible
They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.
New Heart English Bible
So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way alone.
The Emphasized Bible
So they divided to them the land, to pass through it, - Ahab, went one way, by himself, and, Obadiah, went another way, by himself.
Webster
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;
Themes
Elijah » Returns, and sends a message to ahab
Israel » Hoshea » History of » Famine prevails during the reign of ahab
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Obadiah » The governor of ahab's house » Meets elijah and receives a commission from him
Interlinear
Chalaq
`abar
Halak
הלך
Halak
Usage: 1545
'echad
Derek
דּרך
Derek
Usage: 704
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
War Between Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal
5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals." 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:3
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.