1 Kings 17:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"Leave here, turn east, and hide beside the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

ASV:

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

BBE:

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

DBY:

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

ERV:

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

JPS:

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

WBS:

Depart hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

WEB:

"Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

YLT:

Go from this place; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,

1 Kings 17:3 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 17:2 The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

1 Kings 17:4 "It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

17:3 Hide thyself - Thus God rescues him from the fury of Ahab and Jezebel, who, he knew, would seek to destroy him. That Ahab did not seize on him immediately upon these words must be ascribed to God's over - ruling providence.

MHC:

17:1-7 God wonderfully suits men to the work he designs them for. The times were fit for an Elijah; an Elijah was fit for them. The Spirit of the Lord knows how to fit men for the occasions. Elijah let Ahab know that God was displeased with the idolaters, and would chastise them by the want of rain, which it was not in the power of the gods they served to bestow. Elijah was commanded to hide himself. If Providence calls us to solitude and retirement, it becomes us to go: when we cannot be useful, we must be patient; and when we cannot work for God, we must sit still quietly for him. The ravens were appointed to bring him meat, and did so. Let those who have but from hand to mouth, learn to live upon Providence, and trust it for the bread of the day, in the day. God could have sent angels to minister to him; but he chose to show that he can serve his own purposes by the meanest creatures, as effectually as by the mightiest. Elijah seems to have continued thus above a year. The natural supply of water, which came by common providence, failed; but the miraculous supply of food, made sure to him by promise, failed not. If the heavens fail, the earth fails of course; such are all our creature-comforts: we lose them when we most need them, like brooks in summer. But there is a river which makes glad the city of God, that never runs dry, a well of water that springs up to eternal life. Lord, give us that living water!

CONC:

Brook Cherith Depart Direction East Eastward Front Hast Hence Hidden Hide Jordan Kerith Ravine Secret Stream Thyself Torrent Turn

Brook Cherith Depart Direction East Eastward Front Hence Hidden Hide Jordan Kerith Leave Ravine Secret Stream Thyself Turn Turned

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