Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
New American Standard Bible
So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food
King James Version
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Holman Bible
So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights
International Standard Version
So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.
American Standard Version
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Amplified
So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
Bible in Basic English
So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Darby Translation
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will rise and eat and drink, and go in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, even to the mountain of God, Horeb.
King James 2000
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So he got up, ate, drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights up to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Modern King James verseion
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he arose and did eat and drink and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights, unto Horeb the mount of God,
NET Bible
So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
New Heart English Bible
And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
The Emphasized Bible
So he arose, and did eat and drink, - and journeyed, in the strength of that eating, forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God - Horeb.
Webster
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
World English Bible
He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb.
Themes
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To elijah » By an angel
Christian ministers » God's care of
Days » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
Elijah » Three times fed with divine supplies » By an angel
Elijah » Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of jezebel
the Enduring » Those things that abide » Divine supplies
Fasting » Examples of » Elijah
Fasting » Extraordinary--exemplified » Elijah
Forty » Days » Of fasting » By elijah
Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Elijah
Miracles » Catalogue of » Elijah » Is fed by an angel
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Elijah's meal lasted
Prophets » Often led a wandering and unsettled life
Trouble » Instances of » Elijah, under the juniper tree and in the cave
Interlinear
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Yowm
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 19:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah Flees To Horeb
7 And the agent of LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. 9 And he came to a cave there, and lodged there. And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are thou doing here, Elijah?
Cross References
Exodus 34:28
And he was there with LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread, nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Exodus 24:18
And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up onto the mount. And Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Matthew 4:2
And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry.
Mark 1:13
And he was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild beasts. And the heavenly agents served him.
Luke 4:2
being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And the whole mount quaked greatly.
Deuteronomy 9:9-11
When I was gone up onto the mount to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which LORD made with you, then I abode on the mount forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
Daniel 1:15
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared finer, and they were fuller in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.
Malachi 4:4-5
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.