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1 Kings 18:8

"It is I," he replied. "Go tell your lord, ‘Elijah is here!'"

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
And he said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here."'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he aunswered him, I am he: Go, and tel thy lorde, beholde, Elias is here.
New King James Version
And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here."'
Literal Translation
And he said to him, I am ; Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah!
Easy-to-Read Version
Elijah answered, "Yes, it is me. Now, go and tell your master, the king, that I am here."
Revised Standard Version
And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Behold, Eli'jah is here.'"
World English Bible
He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
King James Version (1611)
And he answered him, I am: goe, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
King James Version
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: yee, go thy waye, and tell yi lorde: beholde, Elias is here.
THE MESSAGE
"Yes," said Elijah, "the real me. Now go and tell your boss, ‘I've seen Elijah.'"
American Standard Version
And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Bible in Basic English
And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.
Update Bible Version
And he answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [is here].
Webster's Bible Translation
And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
New English Translation
He replied, "Yes, go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.'"
Contemporary English Version
"Yes. Go tell Ahab I'm here."
Complete Jewish Bible
He answered, "Yes, it is I; go, tell your master, ‘Eliyahu is here.'"
Darby Translation
And he said to him, I [am he]: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he answered him, Yea, goe tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
George Lamsa Translation
And he answered him, It is I; then he said to him, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Amplified Bible
He answered him, "It is I. Go tell your master, 'Elijah is here.'"
Hebrew Names Version
He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here].
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he answered him: 'It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.'
New Living Translation
"Yes, it is," Elijah replied. "Now go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.'"
New Life Bible
He answered, "It is I. Go and tell your owner, ‘See, Elijah is here.'"
New Revised Standard
He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here."
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Eliu said to him, I am: go say to thy master, Behold, Eliu is here.
English Revised Version
And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
Berean Standard Bible
"It is I," he answered. "Go tell your master, 'Elijah is here!'"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said to him - I, am! Go, say to thy lord: Here, is, Elijah!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answered: I am. Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.
Lexham English Bible
He said to him, "I am. Go, say to your lord, ‘Elijah is here.'"
English Standard Version
And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.'"
New American Standard Bible
And he said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'"
New Century Version
"Yes," Elijah answered. "Go tell your master that I am here."
Good News Translation
"Yes, I'm Elijah," he answered. "Go and tell your master the king that I am here."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom he answeride, Y am. And Elie seide, Go thou, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to him, `I [am]; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.'

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

thy lord: 1 Kings 18:3, Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 2:18

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:11 - Go

Cross-References

Genesis 19:3
But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.
Deuteronomy 32:14
cream from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat; you drank wine from the finest grapes.
Judges 5:25
He asked for water; she gave him milk. She brought him curdled milk in a majestic bowl.
Judges 13:15
"Please stay here," Manoah told Him, "and we will prepare a young goat for You."
Nehemiah 12:44
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Luke 12:37
Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.
Luke 17:8
Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink'?
Luke 24:30
It was as He reclined at the table with them that He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
Luke 24:43
and He took it and ate in their presence.
John 12:2
So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he answered him, I am,.... He did not desire to be concealed, his orders were to show and make himself known to Ahab, and Obadiah was one of his domestic servants:

go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here; in such a place, ready to face him at any time. Elijah, by calling Ahab the lord of Obadiah, as he tacitly reproves him for calling him lord, shows reverence to Ahab as a king, and yet that he was fearless of him, as he was the prophet and ambassador of the Lord of hosts to him.


 
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