KJV King James Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
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1 Kings 17:9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
WEB World English Bible
“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
ASV American Standard Version
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 17
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.
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
12 And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ק֣וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiלֵ֤ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentצָרְפַ֙תָה֙H6886 · tsa.re.phatZarephathאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלְצִיד֔וֹןH6721 · tsi.donSidonוְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖H3427 · ya.shavto dwellשָׁ֑םH8033 · shamthereהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdצִוִּ֥יתִיH6680 · tsa.vahto commandשָׁ֛םH8033 · shamthereאִשָּׁ֥הH802 · ish.shahwomanאַלְמָנָ֖הH490 · al.ma.nahwidowלְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃H3557 · kulto sustain
Cross-references
Luke 4:26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.Obadiah 1:20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.Matthew 15:21-22Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.1 Kings 17:4And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.Romans 4:17-21(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.Judges 7:4And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people [are] yet [too] many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.Judges 7:2And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
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