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1 Kings 18:11

Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, "Elijah is back."'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doubting;   Elijah;   Obadiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

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 - Hara;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Obadiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Carmel;   Elijah;   Haggai;   Obadiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - James and John, the Sons of Zebedee;   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

Christian Standard Bible®
“Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here!”’
Hebrew Names Version
Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliyah [is here].
King James Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
English Standard Version
And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."'
New Century Version
Now you want me to go to my master and tell him, ‘Elijah is here'?
Amplified Bible
"And now you are saying, 'Go, tell your master, "Behold, Elijah [is here]."'
New American Standard Bible
"Yet now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here!"'
Geneva Bible (1587)
And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lorde, Beholde, Eliiah is here.
Legacy Standard Bible
And now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."'
Contemporary English Version
Do you really want me to tell him you're here?
Complete Jewish Bible
Now you say, ‘Go tell your master, "Eliyahu is here."'
Darby Translation
And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
Easy-to-Read Version
Now you want me to go and tell him that you are here!
George Lamsa Translation
And now you say to me, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Good News Translation
And now you want me to go and tell him that you are here?
Lexham English Bible
Now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your lord: "Elijah is here."'
Literal Translation
And now, you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And now thou sayest: Go tell yi LORDE: beholde, Elias is here.
American Standard Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Bible in Basic English
And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And now thou sayest, Go, and tell thy lorde that Elias is here.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.
King James Version (1611)
And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliu is here.
English Revised Version
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
Berean Standard Bible
And now you say, 'Go tell your master that Elijah is here!'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Go, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;
Update Bible Version
And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Look, Elijah [is here].
Webster's Bible Translation
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
World English Bible
Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
New King James Version
And now you say, "Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here"'!
New Living Translation
And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, "Elijah is here."'
New Life Bible
Now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your owner, "See, Elijah is here." ‘
New Revised Standard
But now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, now, thou, art saying, - Go say to thy lord, Here, is, Elijah;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now thou sayest to me: Go and tell thy master: Elias is here.
Revised Standard Version
And now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Eli'jah is here."'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."'

Contextual Overview

1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, "Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground." 2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord . 4 When Jezebel was killing the Lord 's prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.) 5 Ahab told Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals." 6 They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other. 7 As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, "Is it really you, my master, Elijah?" 8 He replied, "Yes, go and say to your master, ‘Elijah is back.'" 9 Obadiah said, "What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution? 10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He's not here,' he makes them swear an oath that they could not find you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go: tell they lord, 1 Kings 18:8, 1 Kings 18:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:34 - whom he named Israel

Cross-References

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 17:24
Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)
Genesis 18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"
Genesis 18:18
After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.
Genesis 18:21
that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know."
Genesis 31:35
Rachel said to her father, "Don't be angry, my lord. I cannot stand up in your presence because I am having my period." So he searched thoroughly, but did not find the idols.
Leviticus 15:19
"‘When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
Luke 1:7
But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
Luke 1:18
Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now thou sayest, go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here. Which, if I should not be able to make good, would be of fatal consequence to me; and that it is plain he feared, by what he next says.


 
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