1 Kings 17:3

What does 1 Kings 17:3 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 17:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Go from this <FI>place<Fi> ; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that <FI>is<Fi> on the front of the Jordan,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Get thee hence, and go towards the east, and hide thyself by the torrent of Carith, which is over against the Jordan;

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

Context

v.2And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

v.3This passage

v.4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 31:20

    In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

  • Jeremiah 36:26

    And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.

  • Psalms 83:3

    They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

  • Revelation 12:6

    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

  • Revelation 12:14

    And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

  • 1 Kings 22:25

    And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

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