1 Kings 18:11
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
10 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.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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
- And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
- KJV
- And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
- WEB
- Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
- ASV
- And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
- DARBY
- And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
- BLB
- And you say, ‘Go, tell your master: Behold, Elijah!’
- ÅB
- Og nå sier du: Gå og si til din herre: Elias er her!
- OTB
- Og nå sier du til meg: 'Gå, fortell din herre: "Se, Elia er her."'
- B1930
- Og nu sier du: Gå og si til din herre: Elias er her!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 18:8
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Read in context1 Kings 18:14
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
Read in context