1 Kings 17:5 Parallel Translations

Elijah left and did what the word of the LORD had told him. He went to live by the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

ASV:

So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

BBE:

So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

DBY:

And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

ERV:

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

JPS:

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

WBS:

So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

WEB:

So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

YLT:

And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,

1 Kings 17:5 Cross References

XREF:

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."

1 Kings 17:6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

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:

Abode Brook Cherith Dwelleth Dwelt East Front Jordan Ravine Stayed Stream Torrent Yea

Abode Brook Cherith Dwelt East Front Jordan Kerith Ravine Stream Torrent Word

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