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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.

New American Standard Bible

So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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 to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he arose
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

and did eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and drink
שׁתה 
Shathah 
Usage: 218

and went
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

in the strength
כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

of that meat
אכילה 
'akiylah 
Usage: 1

ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and forty
ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

חרב 
Choreb 
Usage: 17

the mount
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

References

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Context Readings

Elijah Flees To Horeb

7 And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength. 8 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. 9 And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?


Cross References

Exodus 34:28

And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:18

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

Deuteronomy 9:18

And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

Matthew 4:2

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

Mark 1:13

And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

Luke 4:2

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

Exodus 19:18

And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

Deuteronomy 9:9-11

When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.

Daniel 1:15

And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their food from the king's table.

Malachi 4:4-5

Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.

2 Corinthians 12:9

And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

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