So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
Parallel translations
- WEB She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate many days.
- KJV And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
- NKJV So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days.
- NASB So she went and did everything in accordance with the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.
- NLT So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.
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The widow obeys Elijah, and she, her household, and the prophet eat for many days.
Overview
Acting in faith on Elijah's word, the widow is rewarded with sustained provision for her whole household. Her obedience, giving first from almost nothing, becomes the channel of God's abundant care. The episode commends a faith that ventures everything on God's promise and finds Him faithful.
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- Mark 12:43Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
- Gen 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Matt 15:28“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- Heb 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
- John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- 2 Chr 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- Rom 4:19–20Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
- Heb 11:7–8By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Gen 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Gen 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
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