And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’ Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
- KJV And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
- BSB And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
- NKJV And now you say, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here.” ’ He will kill me!”
- NASB Yet now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master, “Behold, Elijah is here” ’; he will then kill me!”
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Obadiah again voices his fear that obeying Elijah will cost him his life. He pleads the danger of the king's anger.
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Obadiah's repeated objection shows how deeply he feels the peril of his position. His honesty before the prophet is candid yet respectful. The verse sets up Elijah's reassuring oath, demonstrating that God's servants can quiet the fears of others through firm confidence in the Lord.
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- Matt 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
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