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1 Kings 18:10

8 “It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”

9 But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

11 And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’

12 I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

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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.

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BSB
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
KJV
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
WEB
As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you.
ASV
As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
DARBY
As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not [here], he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.
BLB
[As] YHWH your God lives, there is neither nation nor kingdom where my master has not sent to hunt for you. And they said, ‘[He is] not [here].’ And from the kingdom or the nation he took an oath that they could not find you.
ÅB
Så sant Herren din Gud lever: Det finnes ikke det folk eller det rike som min herre ikke har sendt bud til for å oppsøke deg; og når de sa: Han er ikke her, lot han det rike og det folk sverge på at de ikke hadde funnet deg.
OTB
Så sant Herren din Gud lever, det er ikke nasjon eller rike hvor min herre ikke har sendt for å lete etter deg; og når de sa: 'Han er ikke her,' fikk han nasjonen eller riket til å sverge på at de ikke kunne finne deg.
B1930
Så sant Herren din Gud lever: Det finnes ikke det folk eller det rike som min herre ikke har sendt bud til for å opsøke dig; og når de sa: Han er ikke her, lot han det rike og det folk sverge på at de ikke hadde funnet dig.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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  • Psalms 10:2

    In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

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  • 1 Kings 18:15

    Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”

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  • 1 Samuel 29:6

    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

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  • 1 Kings 17:9

    “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

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  • Jeremiah 26:20–23

    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

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  • 1 Kings 17:12

    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.”

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  • John 8:59

    At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

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