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The Ravens Feed Elijah

1 Kings 17:5

In 11 translations

BSB
So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
KJV
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.
WEB
So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.
ASV
So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
LSV
And he goes and does according to the word of YHWH, indeed, he goes and dwells by the Brook of Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,
YLT
And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,
DBY
And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
DRC
So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord: and going, he dwelt by the torrent Carith, which is over against the Jordan.
GNV
So he went and did according vnto the word of the Lord: for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer against Iorden.
JPS
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
LXXE
And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ בְּנַ֣חַל כְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἠλιοὺ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ Χοῤῥὰθ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.

Who and where

👤 God📍 Cherith📍 Jordan◆ Prophecies of Elijah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 19:9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
  • John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
  • Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  • Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

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