Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
- BSB And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
- NKJV Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
- NASB Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.”
- NLT Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”
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Cross-references · 4
- 1 Kgs 18:1After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
- 1 Kgs 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
- Eccl 9:7Go your way — eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Acts 27:34Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
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