| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!" | 1Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so." |
| 2Then a revelation from the LORD came to him: " | 2Later, this message came to him from the LORD: |
| 3Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. | 3"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. |
| 4You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there." | 4You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there." |
| 5So he did what the LORD commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. | 5So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do—he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. |
| 6The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the wadi. | 6Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. |
| 7After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land. | 7But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. |
| 8Then the word of the LORD came to him: " | 8Then this message came to him from the LORD: |
| 9Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there." | 9"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there." |
| 10So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow woman gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink." | 10So he got up and went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance to the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he asked her, "Please, may I have some water in a cup so I can have a drink." |
| 11As she went to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." | 11While she was on her way to get the water, he called out to her, "Would you please also bring me a piece of bread while you're at it?" |
| 12But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I don't have anything baked--only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die." | 12"As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die." |
| 13Then Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son, | 13But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son, |
| 14for this is what the LORD God of Israel says, 'The flour jar will not become empty and the oil jug will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the surface of the land." | 14because this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'That jar of flour will not run out, nor will that bottle of oil become empty until the very day that the LORD sends rain on the surface of the ground.'" |
| 15So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days. | 15So she went out and did precisely what Elijah told her to do. As a result, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed for days. |
| 16The flour jar did not become empty, and the oil jug did not run dry, according to the word of the LORD He had spoken through Elijah. | 16The jar of flour never ran out and the bottle of oil never became empty, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah. |
| 17After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness became very severe until no breath remained in him. | 17Sometime later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. In fact, his illness became so severe that he died. |
| 18She said to Elijah, "Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son?" | 18"What do we have in common, you man of God?" she accused Elijah. "You came to me so you could uncover my guilt! And you're responsible for the death of my son!" |
| 19But Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. | 19"Give me your son," he replied. Then he took him from her lap, carried him upstairs to the room where he lived, and laid him on his bed. |
| 20Then he cried out to the LORD and said, "My LORD God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son?" | 20Then he called out to the LORD and asked him, "LORD my God, have you also brought evil to this dear widow with whom I am living as her guest? Have you caused the death of her son?" |
| 21Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times. He cried out to the LORD and said, "My LORD God, please let this boy's life return to him!" | 21Then he stretched himself three times and cried out to the LORD, "LORD my God, please cause the soul of this little boy to return to him." |
| 22So the LORD listened to Elijah's voice, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived. | 22The LORD listened to Elijah, and the soul of the little boy returned to him, and he revived. |
| 23Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, "Look, your son is alive." | 23Then Elijah took the little boy downstairs from the upper chamber back into the main house and delivered him to his mother. "Look," Elijah told her, "your son is alive." |
| 24Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know you are a man of God and the LORD's word from your mouth is true." | 24The woman responded to Elijah, "Now at last I've really learned that you are a man of God and that what you have to say about the LORD is the truth." |
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