1 Kings 17:16
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
KJV
hydria farinæ non defecit, et lecythus olei non est imminutus, juxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat in manu Eliæ.
Vulgate
καὶ ἡ ὑδρία τοῦ ἀλεύρου οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν καὶ ὁ καψάκης τοῦ ἐλαίου οὐκ ἐλαττονώθη, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ Ἠλειού.
LXX
The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.
ASV
כַּ֤ד הַ/קֶּ֨מַח֙ לֹ֣א כָלָ֔תָה וְ/צַפַּ֥חַת הַ/שֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א חָסֵ֑ר כִּ/דְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּ/יַ֥ד אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
Hebrew
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
4 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…
2. He took therefore the five loaves, and the two fishes, and commanded the multitude, it is said, to sit down upon the grass, and looking up to Heaven, He blessed, and broke, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat and were filled, and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about…
Cross-references
- John 4:50 — Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
- Luke 1:37 — For with God nothing shall be impossible.
- Matt 9:28 — And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.