1 Kings 17:6

4 And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink 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.
WEB
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
ASV
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
DARBY
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
BLB
And the ravens brought to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
ÅB
og ravnene kom til ham med brød og kjøtt om morgenen og med brød og kjøtt om kvelden, og han drakk av bekken.
OTB
Ravnene brakte ham brød og kjøtt om morgenen, og brød og kjøtt om kvelden, og han drakk av bekken.
B1930
og ravnene kom til ham med brød og kjøtt om morgenen og med brød og kjøtt om aftenen, og han drakk av bekken.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 78:23–24

    Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

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  • Matthew 6:31–33

    Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

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  • Jeremiah 37:21

    So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

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  • Psalms 78:15–16

    He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

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  • Matthew 14:19–21

    And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

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  • Matthew 19:26

    Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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  • Luke 22:35

    Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

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  • Judges 15:18–19

    And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

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