Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 The angel of Jehovah came again a second time, and touched him and said: Get up and have some food, or you will not have strength for the journey. 8 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. 9 He went into a cave and spent the night. The word of Jehovah came to him, saying: What are you doing here, Elijah?

Cross References

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Ten Words).

Exodus 3:1

One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain. He was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Deuteronomy 9:18

I fell down before Jehovah. Like the first, forty days and nights I did not eat or drink. This was because of all your sin you committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger.

Matthew 4:2

He fasted forty days and nights, and was very hungry.

Mark 1:13

Satan tempted Jesus. This lasted forty days. The angels took care of Jesus.

Luke 4:2

He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.

Exodus 19:18

Mount Sinai was all in smoke because Jehovah descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The whole mountain quaked violently!

Deuteronomy 9:9-11

When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that Jehovah made to you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights without food or water.

Daniel 1:15

They looked better when the ten days ended! They were fairer in appearance and fatter in flesh than the young people who ate the king's special food.

Malachi 4:4-5

You should remember the Law of Moses my servant. I commanded the statutes and ordinances (regulations and judgments) to him at Horeb for all Israel.

2 Corinthians 12:9

He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31)

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