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1 Kings 18:43

And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

KJV

et dixit ad puerum suum : Ascende, et prospice contra mare. Qui cum ascendisset, et contemplatus esset, ait : Non est quidquam. Et rursum ait illi : Revertere septem vicibus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν τῷ παιδαρίῳ αὐτοῦ Ἀνάβηθι καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ὁδὸν τῆς θαλάσσης. καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν τὸ παιδάριον καὶ εἶπεν Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐθέν· καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλειού Καὶ σὺ ἐπίστρεψον ἑπτάκι, καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἑπτάκι.

LXX

And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֶֽל נַעֲר֗/וֹ עֲלֵֽה נָא֙ הַבֵּ֣ט דֶּֽרֶךְ יָ֔ם וַ/יַּ֨עַל֙ וַ/יַּבֵּ֔ט וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֵ֣ין מְא֑וּמָה וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר שֻׁ֖ב שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה
h
verb · 70×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מְא֔וּמָה
m'vmh
noun · 32×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 4:12 — And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
  • Hab 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
  • Josh 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
  • Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
  • Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?