1 Kings 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
1 Kings 17:23 in other translations
| BSB | Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared. |
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| WEB | Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.” |
| ASV | And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. |
| YLT | And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, ‘See, thy son liveth!' |
| DARBY | And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son lives. |
| BBE | And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living. |
| Webster | And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. |
What does 1 Kings 17:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 17:17-24
17-24. the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick--A severe domestic calamity seems to have led her to think that, as God had shut up heaven upon a sinful land in consequence of the prophet, she was suffering on a similar account. Without answering her bitter upbraiding, the prophet takes the child, lays it on his bed, and after a very earnest prayer, had the happiness of seeing its restoration, and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 17:17-24
Neither faith nor obedience shut out afflictions and death. The child being dead, the mother spake to the prophet, rather to give vent to her sorrow, than in hope of relief. When God removes our comforts from us, he remembers our sins against us, perhaps the sins of our youth, though long since past. When God remembers our sins against us, he designs to teach us to remember them against ourselves, and to repent of…
1 Kings 17:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 17:23
- 2 Kings 4:36-37
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
- Luke 7:15
And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
- Acts 9:41
And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
- Hebrews 11:35
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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Context
- 1 Kings 17:22
And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
- 1 Kings 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
- 1 Kings 17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.
1 Kings 17:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tomando luego Elías al niño, trájolo de la cámara á la casa, y diólo á su madre, y díjole Elías: Mira, tu hijo vive. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Élie prit l’enfant, et le descendit de la chambre haute dans la maison, et le donna à sa mère. Et Élie dit: Vois, ton fils vit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da nahm Elia das Kind und brachte es von dem Obergemach in das Haus hinab und gab es seiner Mutter; und Elia sprach: Siehe, dein Sohn lebt! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tulitque Elias puerum, et deposuit eum de cœnaculo in inferiorem domum, et tradidit matri suæ, et ait illi: En vivit filius tuus. |