1 Kings 18:41

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“And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.””

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BSBPD

“And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 18:41 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  2. 1 Kings 18:1After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
  3. Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
  4. Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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