1 Kings 17:4 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 17:4

2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

3 “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.

4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ^aravens to feed you there.”

5 So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.

6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

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8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 17:4

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American Standard Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Amplified® Bible
You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

Contemporary English Version
You can drink water from the creek, and eat the food I've told the ravens to bring you."

Darby English Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Good News Bible
The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there."

King James Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

New American Standard Bible
"It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

New International Version
You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."

New King James Version
And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"It shall come to pass that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

Revised Standard Version
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'

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