1 Kings 17:6

What does 1 Kings 17:6 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 17:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.

Context

v.5So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

v.6This passage

v.7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Cross references

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

  • Judges 15:18

    And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

  • Exodus 16:35

    And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

  • Habakkuk 3:17

    For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

  • Psalms 37:3

    Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.

  • Psalms 78:23

    Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

  • Luke 22:35

    And he said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.

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