KJV King James Version
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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1 Kings 18:43
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” He went up, and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and saith unto his young man, ‘Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;’ and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, ‘There is nothing;’ and he saith, ‘Turn back,’ seven times.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 18
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֶֽל־H413 · elto(wards)נַעֲר֗וֹH5288 · na.aryouthעֲלֵֽה־H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseנָא֙H4994 · napleaseהַבֵּ֣טH5027 · na.vatto lookדֶּֽרֶךְ־H1870 · de.rekhway: conductיָ֔םH3220 · yamseaוַיַּ֙עַל֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוַיַּבֵּ֔טH5027 · na.vatto lookוַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵ֣יןH369 · a.yinnothingמְא֑וּמָהH3972 · me.u.mahanythingוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשֻׁ֖בH7725 · shuvto return: returnשֶׁ֥בַעH7651 · she.vasevenפְּעָמִֽים׃H6471 · pa.ambeat
Cross-references
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.Hebrews 10:36-37For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.Psalm 5:3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.Ephesians 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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