1 Kings 18:14
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
1 Kings 18:14 in other translations
| BSB | And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!” |
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| WEB | Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.” |
| ASV | And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me. |
| YLT | and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah--and he hath slain me!' |
| DARBY | And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me. |
| BBE | And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death. |
| Webster | And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he will slay me. |
What does 1 Kings 18:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:7-16
7-16. Obadiah was in the way ... Elijah met him--Deeming it imprudent to rush without previous intimation into Ahab's presence, the prophet solicited Obadiah to announce his return to Ahab. The commission, with a delicate allusion to the perils he had already encountered in securing others of God's servants, was, in very touching terms, declined, as unkind and peculiarly hazardous. But Elijah having dispelled all…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:1-16
The severest judgments, of themselves, will not humble or change the hearts of sinners; nothing, except the blood of Jesus Christ, can atone for the guilt of sin; nothing, except the sanctifying Spirit of God, can purge away its pollution. The priests and the Levites were gone to Judah and Jerusalem, 2Ch 11:13, 14, but instead of them God raised up prophets, who read and expounded the word. They probably were from…
1 Kings 18:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 18:14
- Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Context
- 1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kings 18:14
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
- 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
1 Kings 18:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Y ahora dices tú: Ve, di á tu amo: Aquí está Elías: para que él me mate? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant tu dis: Va, dis à ton seigneur: Voici Élie! Et il me tuera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun sprichst du: Gehe hin, sage deinem Herrn: Siehe, Elia ist da! und er wird mich töten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et nunc tu dicis: Vade, et dic domino tuo: Adest Elias: ut interficiat me? |