The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
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- WEB The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
- 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.
- BSB The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
- NASB And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
- NLT The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
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The ravens faithfully bring Elijah bread and meat morning and evening, and he drinks from the brook.
Overview
God's promise is fulfilled as the ravens supply Elijah twice daily and the brook gives him water. The regular, reliable provision demonstrates God's tender, sustaining care for His servant in the midst of judgment on the land. It teaches that those who trust and obey God can rest in His faithful, even miraculous, provision.
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Cross-references · 19
- Ps 78:23–24Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
- Matt 6:31–33“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
- Ps 78:15–16He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
- Jer 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
- Matt 14:19–21He 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, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
- Luke 22:35He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
- Matt 19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Ps 34:9–10Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
- Judg 15:18–19He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, 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 hands of the uncircumcised?”
- Ps 37:19They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Isa 33:16he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
- Judg 14:14He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Ps 37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
- Hab 3:17–18For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
- Num 11:23Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”
- Jer 40:4Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.”
- Exod 16:35The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
- Heb 13:5–6Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
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