Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›1 Kings›Chapter 18

Elijah’s Message to Ahab

1 Kings 18:6

In 11 translations

BSB
So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
KJV
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
WEB
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
ASV
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
LSV
And they apportion the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab has gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah has gone in another way by himself;
YLT
And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;
DBY
And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
DRC
And they divided the countries between them, that they might go round about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way by himself.
GNV
And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadiah went another way by him selfe.
JPS
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
LXXE
And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ לַֽעֲבָר־בָּ֑הּ אַחְאָ֞ב הָלַ֨ךְ בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ אֶחָד֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ הָלַ֥ךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ־אֶחָ֖ד לְבַדּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐμέρισαν ἑαυτοῖς τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ διελθεῖν αὐτήν· Ἀχαὰβ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ μιᾷ, καὶ Ἀβδιοὺ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ ἄλλῃ μόνος.

Who and where

👤 Ahab👤 Obadiah◆ Prophecies of Elijah

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 14:3The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑