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Christian Standard Bible ®

1 Kings 18:14

Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, "Elijah is here!"' He will kill me!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doubting;   Elijah;   Obadiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Obadiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Zeal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Obadiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Carmel;   Elijah;   Haggai;   Obadiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Obadiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount carmel;   Obadiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Jezebel;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Obadi'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
So now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou sayest, Go thou now & shewe thy lorde, beholde Elias is here: that he may slay me.
New King James Version
And now you say, "Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here."' He will kill me!"
Literal Translation
And now you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah, and he will kill me!
Easy-to-Read Version
Now you want me to go and tell the king that you are here. The king will kill me!"
Revised Standard Version
And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Eli'jah is here"'; and he will kill me."
World English Bible
Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]; and he will kill me.
King James Version (1611)
And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here: and hee shall slay me.
King James Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thou sayest now: Go thy waye, tell thy lorde: Elias is here, that he maye slaye me.
American Standard Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.
Bible in Basic English
And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.
Update Bible Version
And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [is here]; and he will slay me.
Webster's Bible Translation
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he will slay me.
New English Translation
Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, "Elijah is back,"' but he will kill me."
Contemporary English Version
Do you really want me to tell Ahab you're here? He will kill me!
Complete Jewish Bible
Now you say, ‘Go tell your master, "Look, Eliyahu is here."' Why, he'll kill me!"
Darby Translation
And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And now thou sayest, Go, tel thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here, that he may slay me.
George Lamsa Translation
And now you say to me, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he shall slay me.
Amplified Bible
"And now you are saying, 'Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here"'; and he will kill me."
Hebrew Names Version
Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here]; and he will kill me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.'
New Living Translation
And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, "Elijah is here."' Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me."
New Life Bible
Now you are saying, ‘Go and tell your owner, "See, Elijah is here."' He will kill me."
New Revised Standard
Yet now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here'; he will surely kill me."
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now thou sayest to me, Go, say to thy master, Behold, Eliu is here: and he shall slay me.
English Revised Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah: [is here]: and he shall slay me.
Berean Standard Bible
And now you say, 'Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!' He will kill me!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and yet, now, thou, art saying, Go, tell thy lord - Here, is, Elijah; and so he will slay me!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now thou sayest: Go and tell thy master: Elias is here: that he may kill me.
Lexham English Bible
Now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your lord: "Elijah is here,"' and he will kill me."
English Standard Version
And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; and he will kill me."
New American Standard Bible
"Yet now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me!"
New Century Version
Now you want me to go and tell my master you are here? He will kill me!"
Good News Translation
So how can you order me to go and tell the king that you are here? He will kill me!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now thou seist, Go, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present, that he sle me.
Young's Literal Translation
and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!'

Contextual Overview

1 After a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: "Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of the land." 2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria. 3 Ahab called for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah was a man who greatly feared the Lord 4 and took 100 prophets and hid them, 50 men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord 's prophets. 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we'll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle." 6 They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself. 7 While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell with his face to the ground and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?" 8 "It is I," he replied. "Go tell your lord, ‘Elijah is here!'" 9 But Obadiah said, "What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death? 10 As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,' he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and he shall slay me: Matthew 10:28

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:11 - Go 2 Kings 6:32 - son of a murderer John 18:4 - Whom

Cross-References

Genesis 17:21
But I will confirm My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."
Genesis 18:1
Then the Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting in the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:2
He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground.
Genesis 18:10
The Lord said, "I will certainly come back to you in about a year's time, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him.
Numbers 11:23
The Lord answered Moses, "Is the Lord 's power limited? You will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you."
Deuteronomy 7:21
Don't be terrified of them, for the Lord your God, a great and awesome God, is among you.
Deuteronomy 30:3
then He will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, "Come on, let's cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few."
2 Kings 4:16
Elisha said, "At this time next year you will have a son in your arms." Then she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not deceive your servant."
Job 36:5
Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He understands all things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me. That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.


 
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