1 Kings 18:41

In 11 translations

BSB

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

KJV

¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.a sound…: or, a sound of a noise of rain

WEB

Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

ASV

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

LSV

And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”

YLT

And Elijah saith to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

DBY

And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

DRC

And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat, and drink: for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

GNV

And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne.

JPS

And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'

LXXE

And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for there is a sound of the coming of rain.Gr. feet of rain.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ֙ לְאַחְאָ֔ב עֲלֵ֖ה אֱכֹ֣ל וּשְׁתֵ֑ה כִּי־ק֖וֹל הֲמ֥וֹן הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλιοὺ τῷ Ἀχαὰβ, ἀνάβηθι, καὶ φάγε καὶ πίε, ὅτι φωνὴ τῶν ποδῶν τοῦ ὑετοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Kings 18:1After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
• Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
• Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

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