1 Kings 17:4

1 Kings 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
• New International Version (NIV)You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Context of 1 Kings 17:4

2Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah: 3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan. And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan. 6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

1 Kings 17:4 word by word

וְהָיָ֖ה מֵהַנַּ֣חַל תִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעֹרְבִ֣ים צִוִּ֔יתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

• Andהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• you are to drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• from the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• and I have commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• the ravensעֹרֵב‛ôrêb ‛ôrêb · ravenH6158
• to feed youכּוּלkûl · to sustainH3557
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033

Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:4

• 1 Kings 17:9“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
• 1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
• Numbers 20:8“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
• Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
• Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
• Psalms 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
• Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
• Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
• Matthew 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I have commanded the ravens to feed thee - Thou shalt not lack the necessaries of life; thou shalt be supplied by an especial providence. See more on this subject at the end of the chapter, 1 Kings 17:24; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The ravens - This is the translation of most of the ancient versions; others, omitting the points, which are generally allowed to have no authority, read “Arabians;” others, retaining the present pointing, translate either “merchants” (compare the original of Ezekiel 27:9, Ezekiel 27:27), or “Orbites.” Jerome took it in this last sense, and so does the Arabic Version.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. 1-71Ki 17:1-7. Elijah, Prophesying against Ahab, Is Sent to Cherith. 1. Elijah the Tishbite--This prophet is introduced as abruptly as Melchisedek--his birth, parents, and call to the prophetic office being alike unrecorded. He is supposed to be called the Tishbite from Tisbeh, a place east of Jordan. who was of the inhabitants of Gilead--or residents of Gilead, implying that he was not an Israelite, but an Ishmaelite, as Michaelis conjectures, for there…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 17:4

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

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Dearth
• Elijah
• Quotations
• Raven
• Revive
• Waste
• Botany
• Daniel, Book of
• Elam; Elamites

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