1 Kings 18:17

What does 1 Kings 18:17 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 18:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he--the troubler of Israel?'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

Context

v.16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

v.17This passage

v.18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.

Cross references

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

  • Joshua 7:25

    And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

  • Acts 17:6

    And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

  • Jeremiah 26:8

    And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

  • Amos 7:10

    Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

  • Jeremiah 38:4

    Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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