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1 Kings 17:6
6The ravens brought him bread and meat to eat, every morning and every evening. He drank water from the stream.
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 will drink water from the stream. I have also commanded the ravens to feed you there.’ 5Elijah obeyed the Lord's message. He went to live in the Kerith valley, near the Jordan River. The ravens brought him bread and meat to eat, every morning and every evening. He drank water from the stream. 7After some time the stream became dry, because there had been no rain in the whole land. 8Then the Lord told Elijah,
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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 the manna for 40 years, until they had finished their journey in the desert. After those 40 years, they arrived at the edge of Canaan.
- Numbers 11:23Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Do you think that I, the Lord, do not have enough power to do this? I have promised you to do it. So now you will see me do it!’
- Judges 14:14Samson said to them: ‘Out of the one who eats came something to eat. Out of the strong one came something sweet.’ After three days, the Philistine men could not find the answer.
- Judges 15:18Samson was now very thirsty. He called out to the Lord for help. He said, ‘You have helped me to win a great battle. Should I now die because I am so thirsty? Then these Philistines would do whatever they want to me.’
- Psalms 34:9All you people who belong to the Lord, continue to obey him. People who respect the Lord will have the things that they need.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord and do good things. Then you will live safely in the land.
- Psalms 78:15He broke rocks into pieces in the wilderness so that his people had plenty of water. Springs of water came from deep in the earth.
- Isaiah 33:16People who are like that will live in a safe place. Danger will not reach them among the high rocks. They will always have food to eat, and plenty of water to drink.
- Jeremiah 37:21Then King Zedekiah told his officers to put Jeremiah in the palace yard where the guards would watch him. He told them to get bread every day from the bakers in the city and give it to Jeremiah. They should do that until there was no more bread in the city. So they kept Jeremiah as prisoner in the palace yard with the royal guards.
- Jeremiah 40:4But today I am taking the chains off your hands so that you can go free. You can come with me to Babylon, if you choose to do that. If you come, I will take care of you. But if you do not choose to come with me, you do not have to do that. You are a free man. You may go to any part of the land that you choose.’
- Habakkuk 3:17Whatever happens, I will continue to thank the Lord. If there are no flowers on the fig trees, if there are no grapes on the vines, if there are no olives on the olive trees, if there are no crops in the fields, if the sheep are dying in the hills, if there are no cows on the farms,
- Matthew 6:31So do not worry about these things. Do not always say, “What will we eat?”, or “What will we drink?”, or “What will we wear?”
- Matthew 14:19Then he said to the large crowd, ‘Sit down on the grass.’ He took the five loaves of bread and the two fish. He looked up to heaven and he thanked God for the bread and the fish. Then he broke the bread into pieces. He gave the pieces of bread to his disciples, and they gave them to the crowd.
- Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and he replied, ‘For people, it really is impossible. But God can do it. God can do everything.’
- Luke 22:35Jesus then asked the disciples, ‘When I sent you out without a purse, a bag or shoes, did you need anything?’ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘nothing.’
- Hebrews 6:18Those two things can never change. God cannot tell a lie. As a result, we can be brave and strong. We have trusted God to keep us safe with him. We should also expect to receive the good things that he has promised to give 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
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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
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