1 Kings 17:21 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 17:21

19 And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

20 Then he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?”

21 ^aAnd he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.”

22 Then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he ^arevived.

23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives!”

24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this ^aI know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 17:21

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American Standard Version
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

Amplified® Bible
And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child's soul come back into him.

Contemporary English Version
Elijah stretched himself out over the boy three times, while praying, "LORD God, bring this boy back to life!"

Darby English Version
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again!

Good News Bible
Then Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times and prayed, "O LORD my God, restore this child to life!"

King James Version
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

New American Standard Bible
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him."

New International Version
Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this boy's life return to him!"

New King James Version
And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him."

Revised Standard Version
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's soul come into him again."

Young's Literal Translation
And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;'

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