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

4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5So he went and did according unto the word of Yhwh: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8And the word of Yhwh came unto him, saying,

1 Kings 17:6 word by word

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

• 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 did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
• Numbers 11:23And Yhwh said unto Moses, Is Yhwh's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
• Judges 14:14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
• Judges 15:18And he was sore athirst, and called on Yhwh, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
• Psalms 34:9O fear Yhwh, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
• Psalms 37:3Trust in Yhwh, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
• Psalms 78:15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
• Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
• Jeremiah 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Jeremiah 40:4And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
• Habakkuk 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
• Matthew 6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
• Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
• Matthew 19:26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
• Luke 22:35And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
• Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon 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
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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