1 Kings 17:10
8 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
12 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
- KJV
- So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- WEB
- So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”
- ASV
- So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- DARBY
- And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- BLB
- And he arose and went to Zarephath. And he came to the gate of the city, and behold, there a widow, woman, [was] gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in the vessel, that I may drink.”
- ÅB
- Han sto opp og gikk til Sarepta, og da han kom til byporten, fikk han se en enke som gikk og sanket ved; han ropte på henne og sa: Hent meg litt vann i en skål, så jeg kan få drikke!
- OTB
- Så han sto opp og dro til Sarepta, og da han kom til byens inngang, se, en enke var der og samlet pinner. Og han ropte til henne og sa: "Vennligst gi meg litt vann i en kopp, så jeg kan drikke."
- B1930
- Han stod op og gikk til Sarepta, og da han kom til byporten, fikk han se en enke som gikk og sanket ved; han ropte på henne og sa: Hent mig litt vann i en skål, så jeg kan få drikke!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 4:7
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
Read in contextGenesis 24:17
So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
Read in contextHebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Read in contextGenesis 21:15
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
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