1 Kings 17:6

1 Kings 17:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
• New International Version (NIV)The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

Context of 1 Kings 17:6

4You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food].” 5So he went and did in accordance with the word of the Lord; he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he would drink from the brook. 7It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. 8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

1 Kings 17:6 word by word

וְהָעֹרְבִ֗ים מְבִיאִ֨ים ל֜וֹ לֶ֤חֶם וּבָשָׂר֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וְלֶ֥חֶם וּבָשָׂ֖ר בָּעָ֑רֶב וּמִן־הַנַּ֖חַל יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the ravensעֹרֵב‛ôrêb ‛ôrêb · ravenH6158
• broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• him breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• and fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• in the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• and he drankשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• of the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158

Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:6

• Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they reached an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
• Numbers 11:23The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s hand (ability, power) limited (short, inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word will come to pass for you or not.”
• Judges 14:14So he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not solve the riddle in three days.
• Judges 15:18Then Samson was very thirsty, and he called out to the Lord and said, “You have given this great victory through the hand of Your servant, and now am I to die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised (pagans)?”
• Psalms 34:9O [reverently] fear the Lord, you His saints (believers, holy ones); For to those who fear Him there is no want.
• Psalms 37:3Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.
• Psalms 78:15He split rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant [water to] drink like the ocean depths.
• Isaiah 33:16He will dwell on the heights, His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks, His bread will be given him; His water will be permanent.
• Jeremiah 37:21Then King Zedekiah commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse, and a [round] loaf of bread from the bakers’ street was given to him daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guardhouse.
• Jeremiah 40:4But now, listen carefully, [because of your innocence] I am freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If you would prefer to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you [carefully]; but if you would prefer not to come with me to Babylon, then do not do so. Look, all the land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right (convenient) for you to go.”
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not blossom And there is no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive fails And the fields produce no food, Though the flock is cut off from the fold And there are no cattle in the stalls,
• Matthew 6:31Therefore do not worry or be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’
• Matthew 14:19Then He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people,
• Matthew 19:26But Jesus looked at them and said, “With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
• Luke 22:35And He said to them, “When I sent you out without a money belt and [provision] bag and [extra] sandals, did you lack anything?” They answered, “Nothing.”
• Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh - The Septuagint, in the Codex Vaticanus, and some ancient fathers, read the passage thus: - ̔ ͅ ̈́, , And the crows brought him bread in the morning, and flesh in the evening: but all the other versions agree with the Hebrew text. This is the first account we have of flesh-meat breakfasts and flesh-meat suppers; and as this was the food appointed by the Lord for the sustenance of the prophet, we may naturally…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-7Kerith Brook was a safe place for Elijah during the drought God caused (see 1 Kings 18:10). The food and water there showed Elijah that God was protecting him. When the water source dried up, Elijah had to move to a new place.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. the ravens brought him bread--The idea of such unclean and voracious birds being employed to feed the prophet has appeared to many so strange that they have labored to make out the Orebim, which in our version has been rendered "ravens," to be as the word is used (in Eze 27:27) "merchants"; or Arabians (2Ch 21:16; Ne 4:7); or, the citizens of Arabah, near Beth-shan (Jos 15:6; 18:18). But the common rendering is, in our opinion, preferable to these…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 17:6

• Blessing
• Cherith
• Elijah
• Frugality
• Minister, Christian
• Miracles
• Raven
• Readings, Select

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Dearth
• Elijah
• Quotations
• Raven
• Revive
• Waste
• Botany
• Elam; Elamites
• God

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings