1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
1 Kings 17:4 in other translations
| BSB | And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” |
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| WEB | You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” |
| ASV | And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. |
| YLT | and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.' |
| DARBY | And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. |
| BBE | The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there. |
| Webster | And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. |
What does 1 Kings 17:4 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 17:1-7
God wonderfully suits men to the work he designs them for. The times were fit for an Elijah; an Elijah was fit for them. The Spirit of the Lord knows how to fit men for the occasions. Elijah let Ahab know that God was displeased with the idolaters, and would chastise them by the want of rain, which it was not in the power of the gods they served to bestow. Elijah was commanded to hide himself. If Providence calls us…
1 Kings 17:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 17:4
- 1 Kings 17:9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
- Psalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
- Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
- 1 Kings 19:5-8
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 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.
- Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Psalms 33:8-9
Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
- Matthew 4:11
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
- Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
- Job 38:8-13
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? …
- Numbers 20:8
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
- Amos 9:3-4
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
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Context
- 1 Kings 17:3
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- 1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
- 1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings 17:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y beberás del arroyo; y yo he mandado á los cuervos que te den allí de comer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arrivera que tu boiras du torrent, et j’ai commandé aux corbeaux de te nourrir là. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es soll geschehen, aus dem Bache wirst du trinken, und ich habe den Raben geboten, dich daselbst zu versorgen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ibi de torrente bibes: corvisque præcepi ut pascant te ibi. |