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1 Kings 21:28

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

KJV

Et factus est sermo Domini ad Eliam Thesbiten, dicens :

Vulgate

καὶ προσῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἶπεν τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραήλ Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἀνθ’ ὧν εἶπεν Συρία Θεὸς ὀρέων Κύριος ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οὐ θεὸς κοιλάδων αὐτός· καὶ δώσω τὴν δύναμιν τὴν μεγάλην ταύτην εἰς χεῖρα σήν, καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος·

LXX

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

ASV

וַֽ/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

1 passage 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

  • 2Chr 12:7 — And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliveran