1 Kings 19:8
What does 1 Kings 19:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 19:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God--Horeb.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount ofGod.
Context
v.7And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.
v.8This passage
v.9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 9:9
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
- Malachi 4:4
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
- Exodus 34:28
And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Deuteronomy 9:18
And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
- Luke 4:2
during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
- Exodus 24:18
And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
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