1 Kings 17:15
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
KJV
Quæ abiit, et fecit juxta verbum Eliæ : et comedit ipse, et illa, et domus ejus : et ex illa die
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἐποίησεν· καὶ ἤσθιεν αὐτὴ καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς.
LXX
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
ASV
וַ/תֵּ֥לֶךְ וַ/תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה כִּ/דְבַ֣ר אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ וַ/תֹּ֧אכַל הוא ו/היא הִֽיא וָ/ה֛וּא וּ/בֵיתָ֖/הּ יָמִֽים
Hebrew
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Elijah
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
'lyhv
proper_noun · 70×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 811×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2583After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.33 The sacrifice on Mount Carmel is a decisive test for the faith of the People of God. In response to Elijah's plea, "Answer me, O LORD, answer me," the Lord…
Cross-references
- 2Chr 20:20 — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the L
- Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
- Gen 22:3 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the plac
- Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
- Heb 11:17 — By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
- John 11:40 — Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
- Mark 12:43 — And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
- Matt 15:28 — Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Rom 4:19 — And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: