Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And the
days
are
many, and
the word of Jehovah
hath
been
unto
Elijah in the third year, saying, `
Go, appear
unto Ahab ,
and I give
rain on
the
face
of
the ground;'
And it
came
to
pass
after
many days
, that
the word of the
LORD
came
to
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show
thyself
unto Ahab ;
and I will
send
rain upon
the earth.
and Elijah goeth
to appear
unto Ahab. And the
famine is
severe
in Samaria ,
And Elijah went
to show
himself
unto Ahab. And there
was
a
sore
famine in Samaria .
and Ahab calleth
unto
Obadiah, who
`is'
over
the house --
and
Obadiah hath
been
fearing
Jehovah
greatly ,
And Ahab called
Obadiah, which
was
the governor
of
his
house .
(Now
Obadiah feared
the
LORD
greatly :
and
it cometh
to
pass
, in
Jezebel's
cutting
off the prophets of Jehovah
, that Obadiah taketh
a
hundred prophets, and hideth
them ,
fifty men
in a cave, and hath
sustained
them with bread and water --
For
it was
so
, when
Jezebel
cut
off the prophets of the
LORD
, that Obadiah took
an
hundred prophets, and hid
them by
fifty in a cave, and fed
them with bread and water .)
and Ahab saith
unto Obadiah, `
Go through
the land, unto all fountains of waters
, and unto all the
brooks ,
if
so
be
we find hay,
and keep
alive horse
and
mule
, and
do
not cut
off
any
of
the cattle
. '
And Ahab said
unto Obadiah, Go into
the land, unto all fountains of water
, and unto all brooks :
peradventure
we may
find grass
to
save
the
horses
and mules
alive, that
we
lose
not all
the beasts
.
And
they apportion
to
themselves
the land ,
to pass over
into
it ;
Ahab hath
gone
in
one way by himself, and Obadiah hath
gone
in
another way by himself ;
So
they divided
the land between
them
to pass throughout
it :
Ahab went
one way by himself, and Obadiah went
another way by himself .
and Obadiah `is'
in the way, and
lo
, Elijah --
to
meet
him ;
and he discerneth
him, and falleth
on his face, and saith
, `
Art thou he
--
my lord Elijah? '
And as
Obadiah was
in the way, behold
, Elijah met
him :
and he knew
him, and fell
on his face, and said
, Art thou that
my lord Elijah?
And he saith
to
him, `
I `
am ';
go, say
to
thy lord, Lo
, Elijah. '
And he answered
him, I am :
go, tell
thy lord, Behold
, Elijah is
here
.
And he saith
, `
What have I sinned, that thou art
giving
thy servant into the hand of Ahab --
to put
me to
death
?
And he said
, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest
deliver
thy servant into the hand of Ahab ,
to slay
me?
Jehovah
thy God liveth, if
there is a
nation and
kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee ;
and they said, He is not ,
then
he caused
the kingdom and the
nation to
swear
, that it
doth
not
find
thee ;
As
the
LORD
thy God liveth, there is no
nation or
kingdom ,
whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee :
and when
they said, He is not there;
he took
an
oath
of
the kingdom and nation, that they
found
thee not.
and now ,
thou art
saying
, Go, say
to
thy lord, Lo
, Elijah ;
And now thou sayest
, Go, tell
thy lord, Behold
, Elijah is
here.
and it hath
been
, I go
from thee, and
the Spirit of Jehovah
doth
lift
thee up,
whither I know not ,
and I have
come to
declare
to
Ahab, and he doth
not
find thee, and
he hath
slain
me ;
and
thy servant is
fearing
Jehovah
from my youth.
And it shall
come
to
pass
, as
soon
as
I am
gone
from thee, that
the Spirit of the
LORD
shall
carry
thee whither I know not ;
and so
when
I come and
tell
Ahab, and he cannot
find thee, he shall
slay
me :
but
I
thy servant fear
the
LORD
from my youth.
`Hath
it not been
declared
to
my lord that
which
I have
done
in
Jezebel's
slaying
the prophets of Jehovah
, that
I hide
of the prophets of
Jehovah
a
hundred
men,
fifty
by fifty in a cave, and sustained
them with bread and water?
Was
it not told
my lord what
I did
when
Jezebel
slew
the prophets of the
LORD
, how
I hid
an
hundred
men
of the LORD's
prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed
them with bread and water?
and now thou art
saying
, Go, say
to
my
lord, Lo
, Elijah --
and he hath
slain
me !'
And now thou sayest
, Go, tell
thy
lord, Behold
, Elijah is
here:
and he shall
slay
me .
And Elijah saith
, `Jehovah
of Hosts liveth, before whom I have
stood
, surely
to-day
I appear
unto him. '
And Elijah said
, As
the
LORD
of hosts liveth, before whom I stand
, I will
surely
show
myself
unto him to
day
.
And
Obadiah goeth
to meet Ahab, and declareth
`it'
to
him ,
and Ahab goeth
to meet Elijah ,
So
Obadiah went
to meet Ahab, and told
him :
and Ahab went
to meet Elijah .
and it cometh
to pass at
Ahab's
seeing
Elijah, that Ahab saith
unto him, `
Art thou he --
the
troubler
of
Israel? '
And it came
to pass ,
when
Ahab
saw
Elijah, that Ahab said
unto him, Art thou he that
troubleth
Israel?
And he saith
, `
I have not troubled Israel ,
but thou and the
house
of
thy father
, in your
forsaking
the commands
of Jehovah
, and thou goest
after
the
Baalim ;
And he answered
, I have not troubled Israel ;
but thou ,
and thy father's
house
, in that
ye
have
forsaken
the commandments
of the
LORD
, and thou hast
followed
Baalim .
and
now ,
send, gather unto
me all Israel ,
unto the
mount of
Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine,
four hundred --
eating
at the
table of
Jezebel
. '
Now therefore
send, and
gather to
me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves
four hundred ,
which
eat
at Jezebel's
table.
And
Ahab sendeth
among
all the sons
of Israel, and gathereth
the prophets unto the
mount of
Carmel ;
So
Ahab sent
unto
all the children
of Israel, and gathered
the prophets together
unto mount Carmel .
and Elijah cometh
nigh
unto all the people, and saith
, `Till
when
are
ye leaping
on
the
two branches
? --
if Jehovah
`is'
God, go
after
Him ;
and
if Baal, go
after
him ;'
and the people have
not
answered him a word.
And Elijah came
unto all the people, and said
, How
long
halt
ye between
two opinions
? if the
LORD
be
God, follow
him :
but
if Baal, then
follow
him .
And the people answered him not
a word.
And
Elijah saith
unto the people, `
I --
I have
been
left
a prophet of Jehovah
--
by
myself;
and
the prophets of
Baal
`
are '
four hundred and fifty men ;
Then
said
Elijah unto the people, I ,
even
I only,
remain
a prophet of the LORD;
but
Baal's
prophets are four hundred and fifty men .
and
let them give to
us two bullocks ,
and they
choose for
themselves
the
one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place
`
it '
on the
wood, and place
no fire ;
and I --
I
prepare
the other bullock, and have
put
`
it '
on the
wood, and fire I
do
not
place;
--
Let them therefore
give us two bullocks ;
and let
them
choose one bullock for
themselves
, and cut it in pieces, and lay
it on wood, and put
no fire under:
and I will
dress
the other bullock, and lay
it on wood, and put
no
fire under:
and ye have
called
in
the name of your god
, and I --
I
call in
the name of Jehovah,
and it
hath
been,
the god who
answereth by fire --
He
`is'
the
God. '
And all the people answer
and say
, `Good
`
is '
the
word
. '
And call
ye on
the name of your gods
, and I will
call on
the name of the
LORD:
and the God that
answereth by fire ,
let
him
be
God. And all the people answered
and said
, It
is well
spoken
.
And Elijah saith
to
the prophets of Baal, `
Choose for
you the
one bullock, and prepare
first ,
for ye `
are '
the
multitude,
and call ye
in
the name of your god
, and
place
no fire. '
And Elijah said
unto
the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for
yourselves
, and dress
it
first ;
for ye are many;
and call on
the name of your gods
, but
put
no fire under
.
And they take
the bullock that
`one'
gave
to
them, and prepare
, and call
in
the name of Baal from the
morning even till
the
noon, saying, `
O Baal, answer
us !'
and
there is
no voice, and
there
is
none
answering;
and they leap
on
the altar that
one
had
made.
And they took
the bullock which
was
given
them, and they
dressed
it
, and called
on
the name of Baal from morning even until
noon, saying, O Baal, hear
us .
But
there was
no voice, nor
any
that
answered.
And they leaped
upon
the altar which
was
made.
And it cometh
to pass ,
at noon, that Elijah playeth
on
them, and saith,
`Call
with
a
loud
voice
, for he `
is '
a god ,
for
he is meditating
, or pursuing, or on
a journey ;
it
may
be
he is
asleep
, an
doth
awake
. '
And it came
to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked
them, and said
, Cry
aloud:
for he is a god ;
either
he is talking
, or he
is
pursuing, or he
is
in
a journey ,
or
peradventure
he sleepeth
, and
must
be
awaked
.
And they call
with
a
loud
voice
, and cut themselves ,
according
to
their ordinance,
with swords
and with
spears
, till a
flowing
of
blood `is'
on
them ;
And they cried
aloud
, and cut themselves after
their manner
with knives
and lancets
, till the
blood gushed
out
upon
them .
and it cometh
to pass, at
the
passing
by
of
the
noon
, that
they feign
themselves
prophets
till
the going
up
of the present
, and
there is
no
voice, and
there
is
none
answering
, and
there
is
none
attending
.
And it came
to pass, when
midday
was
past
, and
they prophesied
until
the time
of the offering
of
the
evening
sacrifice
, that
there was
neither
voice, nor
any
to
answer
, nor
any
that
regarded
.
And Elijah saith
to
all the people, `
Come nigh
unto me ;'
and all the people come
nigh
unto him ,
and he repaireth
the altar of Jehovah
that is
broken down ;
And Elijah said
unto
all the people, Come near
unto me .
And all the people came
near
unto him .
And he repaired
the altar of the
LORD
that was
broken down .
and Elijah taketh
twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah
was
, saying, `
Israel is
thy name ;'
And Elijah took
twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the
LORD
came
, saying, Israel shall
be
thy name :
and he
buildeth
with the stones an altar ,
in the name of Jehovah,
and maketh
a trench ,
as
about the space
of
two measures of seed ,
round
about
the
altar
.
And with the stones he
built
an altar in the name of the
LORD:
and he
made
a trench about the altar,
as
great
as
would
contain
two measures of seed.
And he arrangeth
the wood, and cutteth
in
pieces
the bullock, and placeth
`it'
on the wood, and saith
, `
Fill ye
four pitchers
of
water, and pour on the burnt -offering
, and on the wood ;
And he put
the wood in
order
, and cut
the bullock in
pieces
, and laid
him
on the wood, and said
, Fill four barrels
with
water, and pour it
on the burnt sacrifice
, and on the wood .
and he saith
, `
Do `
it '
a
second time ;'
and they do
`
it '
a
second time ;
and he saith
, `
Do `
it '
a
third time ;'
and they do
`
it '
a
third time ;
And he said
, Do it the
second time .
And they did
it the
second time .
And he said
, Do it the
third time .
And they did
it the
third time .
and the water goeth
round about the altar ,
and also,
the
trench
he hath
filled with water.
And the water ran
round about the altar ;
and he filled the
trench
also
with water.
And it cometh
to pass ,
at the going
up
of the `
evening -'present
, that Elijah the prophet cometh
nigh
and
saith
, `Jehovah
, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day
let it be known that Thou `
art '
God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by
Thy
word
I have done the
whole
of
these things ;
And it came
to pass at the time
of the offering
of
the
evening sacrifice
, that Elijah the prophet came
near
, and
said
, LORD
God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, let it be known this
day
that thou art God in Israel, and that
I am
thy servant, and
that I have done all
these things at
thy
word.
answer
me, O Jehovah
, answer
me, and
this people doth
know that Thou `
art '
Jehovah
God ;
and Thou hast turned their heart backward
. '
Hear
me, O LORD
, hear
me, that
this people may
know that thou art the
LORD
God ,
and that
thou hast turned their heart back
again
.
And
there
falleth
a
fire of Jehovah
, and consumeth
the burnt -offering
, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that `is'
in the trench it
hath
licked
up
.
Then
the
fire of the
LORD
fell
, and consumed
the burnt sacrifice
, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked
up
the water that was
in the trench.
And all the people see
, and
fall
on their faces ,
and say
, `Jehovah
, He `
is '
the God ,
Jehovah
, He `
is '
the God. '
And when
all the people saw
it
, they
fell
on their faces :
and they
said
, The
LORD
, he is the God ;
the
LORD
, he is the God.
And Elijah saith
to
them, `Catch
ye
the prophets of Baal; let not a
man
escape
of them ;'
and they catch
them ,
and Elijah bringeth
them down unto
the stream
Kishon, and doth
slaughter
them there.
And Elijah said
unto
them, Take
the prophets of Baal; let not one
of them escape.
And they took
them :
and Elijah brought
them down to
the brook
Kishon, and slew
them there.
And Elijah saith
to
Ahab, `Go
up, eat and drink ,
because
of
the
sound of the
noise
of the
shower
. '
And Elijah said
unto
Ahab, Get
thee
up, eat and drink ;
for
there
is
a
sound of abundance
of rain
.
And
Ahab goeth
up to eat ,
and to drink ,
and Elijah hath
gone
up unto
the top of Carmel ,
and he stretcheth
himself out
on
the earth, and he
placeth
his face between his knees,
So
Ahab went
up to eat and to drink .
And Elijah went
up to
the top of Carmel ;
and he cast
himself down
upon
the earth, and put
his face between his knees,
and saith
unto
his young
man
, `
Go up ,
I
pray
thee
, look attentively
the
way
of
the sea ;'
and he goeth
up and looketh
attentively
, and saith
, `
There is nothing ;'
and he saith,
`Turn
back
, '
seven times.
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.
And it cometh
to pass ,
at the seventh, that he saith
, `Lo
, a little thickness
as
the
palm
of
a
man
is
coming
up
out of the sea. '
And he saith
, `
Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind
--
and
go
down
, and the shower
doth
not
restrain
thee. '
And it came
to pass at the seventh time
, that he said
, Behold
, there
ariseth
a little cloud
out of the sea ,
like
a
man's
hand
. And he said
, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare
thy
chariot
, and get
thee
down
that
the rain
stop
thee not
.
And it cometh
to pass ,
in the meantime
, that the heavens
have
become
black --
thick
clouds and wind --
and the
shower
is
great ;
and Ahab rideth
, and goeth
to Jezreel ,
And it came
to pass in the mean
while
, that the heaven
was
black with
clouds and wind ,
and there
was
a
great rain.
And Ahab rode
, and went
to Jezreel .
and the hand of Jehovah
hath
been
on Elijah ,
and he girdeth
up his loins, and runneth
before Ahab ,
till
thine
entering
Jezreel.
And the hand of the
LORD
was
on Elijah ;
and he girded
up his loins, and ran
before Ahab to
the
entrance
of
Jezreel.
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