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1 Kings 17:7

After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Cherith;   Elijah;   Minister, Christian;   Readings, Select;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rain;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Farming;   John the baptist;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Widow;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Zarephath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Haggai;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Famine;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Rain;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it chaunced after a while that the brooke dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.
New King James Version
And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Literal Translation
And it happened after a while, that the torrent dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Easy-to-Read Version
There was no rain, so after a while the stream became dry.
Revised Standard Version
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
World English Bible
It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe after a while, that the brooke dryed vp, because there had beene no raine in the land.
King James Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it fortuned after cerayne dayes, that the riuer was dryed: vp for there was no rayne in the lode.
THE MESSAGE
Eventually the brook dried up because of the drought. Then God spoke to him: "Get up and go to Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I've instructed a woman who lives there, a widow, to feed you."
American Standard Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Bible in Basic English
Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass after awhile, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
New English Translation
After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Contemporary English Version
But after a while, it dried up because there was no rain.
Complete Jewish Bible
After a while the stream dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after a while the riuer dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.
George Lamsa Translation
But after a while the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Amplified Bible
It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New Living Translation
But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.
New Life Bible
But after a while, the river dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New Revised Standard
But after a while the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But it came to pass, at the end of certain days, that the torrent dried up, - because there had been no rain in the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But after some time the torrent was dried up: for it had not rained upon the earth.
Lexham English Bible
It happened after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
English Standard Version
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New American Standard Bible
But it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
New Century Version
After a while the stream dried up because there was no rain.
Good News Translation
After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe after summe daies the stronde was dried; for it hadde not reynede on the erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

Contextual Overview

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!" 2 Then a revelation from the Lord came to him: 3 "Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. 4 You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there." 5 So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. 6 The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the wadi. 7 After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3095, bc 909

after a while: Heb. at the end of days

the brook: Isaiah 40:30, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 54:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:3 - in process of time 1 Kings 18:1 - in the third year 2 Chronicles 18:2 - after certain years Jeremiah 14:3 - pits Joel 1:20 - the rivers

Cross-References

Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:
Genesis 17:5
Your name will no longer be Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.
Genesis 17:7
I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.
Genesis 17:8
And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession, and I will be their God."
Genesis 17:9
God also said to Abraham, "As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep My covenant.
Genesis 17:11
You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin to serve as a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, "Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?"
Genesis 28:13
Yahweh was standing there beside him, saying, "I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after a while,.... Or "at the end of days" x, perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, see

Exodus 13:10,

that the brook dried up; through the excessive heat, and for want of supplies from the springs and fountains with which it was fed, and for the following reason:

because there had been no rain in the land; from the time Elijah prayed and prophesied; of this drought mention is made in profane history: Menander, a Phoenician writer, speaks y of a drought in the times of Ithobalus (the same with Ethbaal the father of Jezebel), which lasted a whole year, and upon prayer being made there were thunder, &c.

x מקץ ימים "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. y Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 17:7. The brook dried up — Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see Deuteronomy 11:16-17.


 
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