New English Translation
1 Kings 19:7
7The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”
1 Kings 19:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
- New International Version (NIV)The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
Context of 1 Kings 19:7
5He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more. The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” 8So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”
Read all of 1 Kings 191 Kings 19:7 word by word
וַיָּשָׁב֩ מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֤ה׀ שֵׁנִית֙ וַיִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר ק֣וּם אֱכֹ֑ל כִּ֛י רַ֥ב מִמְּךָ֖ הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- came againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- the second timeשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
- and touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
- him, and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- because the journeyדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
- too greatרַבrab · manyH7227
Cross-references for 1 Kings 19:7
- 1 Kings 19:5He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
- Deuteronomy 33:25The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.
- Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The journey is too great for thee - From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Arise and eat - i. e., “Eat a second time, for otherwise the journey will be beyond thy powers.” “The journey” was not simply a pilgrimage to Horeb, which was less than 200 miles distant, and might have been reached in six or seven days. It was to be a wandering in the wilderness, not unlike that of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt; only it was to last forty days instead of forty years.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The angel of the Lord gave Elijah exactly what he needed at that time (1 Kings 17:2–6, 10–12). God often sent an angel to help one of his servants (Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-184-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness--on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb--a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering and refreshing shade. His gracious God did not lose sight of His fugitive servant, but watched over him, and, miraculously ministering to his wants, enabled him, in a better but not wholly right frame of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 19
- 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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