Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 19:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah Flees To Horeb
7 And the messenger of Jehovah will turn back the second time, and he will touch upon him, and say, Arise, eat, for much for thee the way. 8 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. 9 And he will go there into a cave and lodge there; and behold, the word of Jehovah to him, and he will say to him, What to thee here Elijah?
Cross References
Exodus 34:28
And he will be there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate not bread and drank not water. And he will write upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.
Exodus 3:1
And Moses was feeding the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he will lead the sheep behind the desert, and he will come to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Exodus 24:18
And Moses will come into the midst of the cloud, and will go up to the mountain: and Moses will be in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Deuteronomy 9:18
And I shall fall down before Jehovah as at the first; forty days and forty nights I ate not bread and I drank not water on account of all your sins that ye sinned to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke him
Matthew 4:2
And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.
Mark 1:13
And he was there in the desert forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with wild beasts; and messengers were serving him.
Luke 4:2
Being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days: and they having ended, he afterward hungered.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai smoked all of it, because that Jehovah came down upon it in fire: and its smoke will go up as the smoke of the furnace, and all the mountain will tremble exceedingly.
Deuteronomy 9:9-11
In my going up to the mount to take the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, and I shall dwell in the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate not bread and I drank not water:
Daniel 1:15
And from the end of ten days their aspect was seen good and fat of flesh above all the children eating of the king's dainties.
Malachi 4:4-5
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the laws and the judgments.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace suffices thee: for my power is perfected in weakness. Therefore very willingly will I boast rather in my weaknesses, that Christ's power may lodge upon me.