1 Kings 19:5
What does 1 Kings 19:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 19:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!
Context
v.4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
v.5This passage
v.6And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 12:7
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
- Psalms 34:7
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
- Daniel 8:19
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongeth to the appointed time of the end.
- Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
- Genesis 28:11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
- Daniel 10:9
Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
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