Devine Scripture

1 Kings 19:9

1 Kings chapter 19 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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?

Context

v.8And 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.

v.9This passage

v.10And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Cross references

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

  • Jonah 1:3

    But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.

  • Exodus 33:21

    And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:

  • Jeremiah 2:18

    And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

  • 1 Kings 19:13

    And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

  • Hebrews 11:38

    (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 9:2

    Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.