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1 Kings 21:17

And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

KJV

Factus est igitur sermo Domini ad Eliam Thesbiten, dicens :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἄρχοντες παιδάρια τῶν χορῶν ἐν πρώτοις· καὶ ἀποστέλλουσιν καὶ ἀπαγγέλλουσιν τῷ βασιλεῖ Συρίας λέγοντες Ἄνδρες ἐξεληλύθασιν ἐκ Σαμαρείας.

LXX

And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

ASV

וַ/יְהִי֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ הַ/תִּשְׁבִּ֖י לֵ/אמֹֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
'lyhv
proper_noun · 70×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
תִּשְׁבִּ֖י
tshby
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2538The tenth commandment requires that envy be banished from the human heart. When the prophet Nathan wanted to spur King David to repentance, he told him the story about the poor man who had only one ewe lamb that he treated like his own daughter and the rich man who, despite the great number of his flocks, envied the poor man and ended by stealing his lamb.322 Envy can lead to t…

Cross-references

  • Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.