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Elijah Flees from Jezebel

1 Kings 19:7

In 11 translations

BSB
A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
ASV
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.
LSV
And the messenger of YHWH turns back a second time, and is reaching toward him, and says, “Rise, eat, for the way is too great for you”;
YLT
And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, 'Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'
DBY
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
DRC
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.
GNV
And the Angel of the Lord came againe the second time, and touched him, and sayd, Vp, and eate: for thou hast a great iourney.
JPS
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.'
LXXE
And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּשָׁב֩ מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ שֵׁנִית֙ וַיִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר ק֣וּם אֱכֹ֑ל כִּ֛י רַ֥ב מִמְּךָ֖ הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐκ δευτέρου, καὶ ἥψατο αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἀνάστα, φάγε, ὅτι πολλὴ ἀπὸ σοῦ ἡ ὁδός.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 103:13–14As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
  • Deuteronomy 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”

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