KJV King James Version
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 17:3
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
WEB World English Bible
“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
ASV American Standard Version
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Go from this place; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 17
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.
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לֵ֣ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentמִזֶּ֔הH2088 · zehthisוּפָנִ֥יתָH6437 · pa.nahto turnלְּךָ֖H9031 · kayouקֵ֑דְמָהH6924 · qe.demEastוְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙H5641 · sa.tarto hideבְּנַ֣חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverכְּרִ֔יתH3747 · ke.ritCherithאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃H3383 · yar.denJordan
Cross-references
Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.Psalm 83:3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.Psalm 31:20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.Revelation 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days.Jeremiah 36:19Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.Jeremiah 36:26But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.John 8:59Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.Hebrews 11:38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the earth.1 Kings 22:25And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.Acts 17:14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
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