KJV King James Version
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
WEB World English Bible
It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.’
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.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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1 Kings 17:9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.Psalm 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.1 Kings 19:5-8And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat.Psalm 33:8-9Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.Matthew 4:11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.Job 38:8-13Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:Amos 9:3-4And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:Numbers 20:8Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
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