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1 Kings 17:6

The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Cherith;   Elijah;   Frugality;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Raven;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Bread;   Children;   Elijah;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Providence, Divine;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Supplies, Divine;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Raven, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Miracle;   Raven;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Raven;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Raven;   Shalman;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Hara;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Zarephath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Haggai;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Raven;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Raven;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ravels;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Elijah;   Raven;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bread;   Miracle;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the wadi.
Hebrew Names Version
The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
King James Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
English Standard Version
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
New Century Version
The birds brought Elijah bread and meat every morning and evening, and he drank water from the stream.
Amplified Bible
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he would drink from the brook.
New American Standard Bible
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the rauens brought him bread & flesh in the morning, and bread & flesh in the euening, and he dranke of the riuer.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Contemporary English Version
Ravens brought him bread and meat twice a day, and he drank water from the creek.
Complete Jewish Bible
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the stream.
Darby Translation
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
Easy-to-Read Version
Ravens brought Elijah food every morning and every evening, and he drank water from the stream.
George Lamsa Translation
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
Good News Translation
He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
Lexham English Bible
The crows were bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
Literal Translation
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the raues broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge and in the euenynge, and he dranke of the ryuer.
American Standard Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Bible in Basic English
And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the rauens brought him bread and fleshe in the morning, and likewyse bread and fleshe in the euening: and he drancke of the brooke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
King James Version (1611)
And the rauens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the euening: and hee dranke of the brooke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook.
English Revised Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Berean Standard Bible
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And crowis baren to hym breed and fleisch eerli; in lijk maner in the euentid; and he drank of the stronde.
Young's Literal Translation
and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.
Update Bible Version
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
World English Bible
The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
New King James Version
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
New Living Translation
The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
New Life Bible
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. And he drank from the river.
New Revised Standard
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the wadi.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the ravens, used to bring him bread and flesh, in the morning, and bread and flesh, in the evening, - and, of the torrent, used he to drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
Revised Standard Version
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

Contextual Overview

1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command." 2 The Lord told him: 3 "Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 4 Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there." 5 So he did as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream. 7 After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ravens: Exodus 16:35, Numbers 11:23, Judges 14:14, Judges 15:18, Judges 15:19, Psalms 34:9, Psalms 34:10, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:19, Psalms 78:15, Psalms 78:16, Psalms 78:23, Psalms 78:24, Isaiah 33:16, Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 40:4, Habakkuk 3:17, Habakkuk 3:18, Matthew 6:31-33, Matthew 14:19-21, Matthew 19:26, Luke 22:35, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:7 - a raven Exodus 2:5 - when she Leviticus 11:15 - General 1 Kings 13:28 - the lion had 1 Kings 19:6 - cake Job 5:20 - famine Revelation 12:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 17:4
"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 35:11
Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation—even a company of nations—will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!
Ezra 4:20
Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates and who were the beneficiaries of tribute, custom, and toll.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening,.... For his breakfast and supper, the two principal meals then in use; and as there were several employed, they could bring a sufficiency in a short time for each meal; and these provisions were ready prepared, the bread made and baked, and the flesh boiled, broiled, or roasted; from whence they had it need not be inquired after; the Jews say w they were fetched from Ahab's table, and others from Jehoshaphat's, and others, as probable as any, from the tables of the 7000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal:

and he drank of the brook; at his meals.

w T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 113. 1. Cholin, fol. 5. 1. Tanchuma apud Abarbinel in loc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 17:6. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh — The Septuagint, in the Codex Vaticanus, and some ancient fathers, read the passage thus: - Και οἱ κορακες εφερον αυτῳ αρτους το πρωΐ, και κρεα το δειλης, And the crows brought him bread in the morning, and flesh in the evening: but all the other versions agree with the Hebrew text. This is the first account we have of flesh-meat breakfasts and flesh-meat suppers; and as this was the food appointed by the Lord for the sustenance of the prophet, we may naturally conjecture that it was the food of the people at large.


 
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