So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.
Parallel translations
- KJV So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- BSB So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- NKJV So 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.
- NASB So he went and did everything according to the word of the Lord, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
- NLT So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.
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Cross-references · 4
- Prov 3:5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
- Matt 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- 1 Kgs 19:9He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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