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James 5:18

Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its crops [as usual].

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Elijah;   Intercession;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Prayer;   Rain;   Thompson Chain Reference - Meteorology;   Power;   Prayer;   Weather;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fruits;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Prayer, Answers to;   Rain;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Providence;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy Spirit, Gifts of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Elijah;   Intercession;   Kings, the Books of;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - James, the Letter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Discipline;   Famine;   Fruit;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elijah;   Intercession;   James, Epistle of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.
King James Version (1611)
And hee prayed againe, and the heauen gaue raine, and the earth brought foorth her fruit.
King James Version
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
English Standard Version
Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
New American Standard Bible
Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.
New Century Version
Then Elijah prayed again, and the rain came down from the sky, and the land produced crops again.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
Contemporary English Version
But when he did pray for rain, it fell from the skies and made the crops grow.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the Land produced its crops.
Darby Translation
and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Elijah prayed that it would rain. And the rain came down from the sky, and the land grew crops again.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth brought forth her fruite.
George Lamsa Translation
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruits.
Good News Translation
Once again he prayed, and the sky poured out its rain and the earth produced its crops.
Lexham English Bible
And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.
Literal Translation
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to sprout.
American Standard Version
And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Bible in Basic English
And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.
Hebrew Names Version
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the eretz brought forth its fruit.
International Standard Version
Then he prayed again, and heaven sent rain, and the ground produced its crops.1 Kings 18:42,45;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth gave her fruits.
Murdock Translation
And again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth gave forth its fruits.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite.
English Revised Version
And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
World English Bible
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and so the land gave forth her fruit.
Weymouth's New Testament
Again he prayed, and the sky gave rain and the land yielded its crops.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eftsoone he preiede, and heuene yaf reyn, and the erthe yaf his fruyt.
Update Bible Version
And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
New English Translation
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.
New King James Version
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
New Living Translation
Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops.
New Life Bible
Then he prayed again that it would rain. It rained much and the fields of the earth gave fruit.
New Revised Standard
Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, again, he prayed, and, the heaven, gave, rain, and, the land, shot up her fruit.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he prayed again. And the heaven gave rain: and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Revised Standard Version
Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he prayed agayne and the heve gave rayne and the erth brought forth her frute.
Young's Literal Translation
and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he prayed agayne, and ye heaue gaue rayne, & ye earth brought forth her frute.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then be pray'd again: the heavens sent its showers, and the earth push'd out its fruit.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then he hit his knees and prayed and God turned the water back on. Them dry pastures drank deeply and grew once again.

Contextual Overview

12But above all, my fellow believers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be [a truthful] yes, and your no be [a truthful] no, so that you may not fall under judgment. 13Is anyone among you suffering? He must pray. Is anyone joyful? He is to sing praises [to God]. 14Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]. 17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. 19My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and falls into error and [another] one turns him back [to God], 20let the [latter] one know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save that one's soul from death and cover a multitude of sins [that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 18:18, 1 Kings 18:42-45, Jeremiah 14:22, Acts 14:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:33 - and the thunders Leviticus 26:4 - Then I 1 Kings 8:36 - give rain 2 Chronicles 6:27 - send rain Job 12:15 - Behold Job 37:12 - that Job 38:34 - General Psalms 147:8 - prepareth Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth Luke 9:30 - Elias

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife [one of Adam's descendants] and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city and named it Enoch, after the name of his son.
Genesis 5:14
So Kenan lived nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
Genesis 5:15
When Mahalalel was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Jared.
1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he prayed again,.... 1 Kings 18:42. Here also is no express mention of his prayer, but it may be concluded from his gestures; and so the Jewish interpreters understand these words, "Elijah went up to the top of Carmel", להתפלל, "to pray, and he cast himself down upon the earth", להתפלל על הגשמים, "to pray for rain; and he put his face between his knees", והתפלל, "and prayed, and said to his servant, go up now, look toward the sea"; and this he said while he was בתפילתו, "in his prayers" i: and the effect of this his prayer was,

and the heaven gave rain; see 1 Kings 18:45.

And the earth brought forth her fruit: which for the years past it had not; hence there was a sore famine in the land, 1 Kings 18:2. Now the apostle chose to give this example, because it was a common thing for the Jews to ask for rain: we often read of such a doctor, that he prayed for rain, and it came; and of another, that he asked for the rains, and they descended k: and his view is to observe, that the weakness and infirmities of the saints ought not to discourage them from prayer; and that they should be earnest and fervent in it, as was Elias, a man of like passions with themselves.

i Jarchi, Kimchi, Ralbag, & Laniado in loc. k T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 28. 1. & Taanith, fol. 19. 1. 23. 1. 24. 2. 25. 2. & Yoma, fol. 53. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he prayed again - The allusion here seems to be to 1 Kings 18:42, 1 Kings 18:45, though it is not expressly said there that he prayed. Perhaps it might be fairly gathered from the narrative that he did pray, or at least that would be the presumption, for he put himself into a natural attitude of prayer. “He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,” 1 Kings 18:42. In such circumstances, it is to be fairly presumed that such a man would pray; but it is remarkable that it is not expressly mentioned, and quite as remarkable that James should have made his argument turn on a thing which is not expressly mentioned, but which seems to have been a matter of inference. It seems probable to me, therefore, that there was some tradition on which he relied, or that it was a common interpretation of the passage in 1 Kings, that Elijah prayed earnestly, and that this was generally believed by those to whom the apostle wrote. Of the fact that Elijah was a man of prayer, no one could doubt; and in these circumstances the tradition and common belief were sufficient to justify the argument which is employed here.

And the heaven gave rain - The clouds gave rain. “The heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain,” 1 Kings 18:45.

And the earth brought forth her fruit - The famine ceased, and the land again became productive. The case referred to here was indeed a miracle, but it was a case of the power of prayer, and therefore to the point. If God would work a miracle in answer to prayer, it is reasonable to presume that he will bestow upon us the blessings which we need in the same way.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. And he prayed again — This second prayer is not mentioned in the history in express words, but as in 1 Kings 18:42, it is said, He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees; that was probably the time of the second praying, namely, that rain might come, as this was the proper posture of prayer.


 
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