1 Kings 17:2

King James Version

And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to him:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to him:

New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah:

New English Translation
The Lord told him:

Amplified Bible
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Later, the Lord said to Elijah,

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to him:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Elijah,

George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah,

Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Elijah,

New Life Bible
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to him, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto him, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to him,

THE MESSAGE
God then told Elijah, "Get out of here, and fast. Head east and hide out at the Kerith Ravine on the other side of the Jordan River. You can drink fresh water from the brook; I've ordered the ravens to feed you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. ² And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, ³ Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. ⁴ And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. ⁵ So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord : for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. ⁶ And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. ⁷ And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 12:22, 1 Chronicles 17:3, Jeremiah 7:1, Jeremiah 11:1, Jeremiah 18:1, Hosea 1:1, Hosea 1:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:8 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

Genesis 15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 17:4
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Genesis 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to him,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him:

saying; as follows.