1 Kings 17:6

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

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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

    Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

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  • Matthew 6:31–33

    Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

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  • Jeremiah 37:21

    Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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  • Psalms 78:15–16

    He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

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  • Matthew 14:19–21

    And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

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  • Matthew 19:26

    But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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  • Luke 22:35

    And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

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  • Judges 15:18–19

    And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

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