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 Living Translation (NLT)The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.

Context of 1 Kings 17:6

4And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. 7And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been 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 16:35And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
• Numbers 11:23And the Lord said to Moses, “Has the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to 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.” Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.
• Judges 15:18Then he became very thirsty; so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant; and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
• Psalms 34:9Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.
• Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
• Psalms 78:15He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
• Isaiah 33:16He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
• Jeremiah 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Jeremiah 40:4And now look, I free you this day from the chains that were on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you. But if it seems wrong for you to come with me to Babylon, remain here. See, all the land is before you; wherever it seems good and convenient for you to go, go there.”
• Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls—
• Matthew 6:31“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
• Matthew 14:19Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
• Matthew 19:26But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
• Luke 22:35And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?” So they said, “Nothing.”
• Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of 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
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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