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1 Kings 18:5

AhabObadiah

3 and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

6 So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

7 Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

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BSB
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
KJV
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
WEB
Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
ASV
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
DARBY
and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of [our] beasts.
BLB
And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land, to all the springs of the waters and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and keep alive the horses and mules, so that we will not have to cut off any livestock.”
ÅB
Akab sa da til Obadja: Dra gjennom landet til alle kilder og bekker! Kanskje vi finner gress, så vi kan holde liv i hester og mulesler og slipper å slakte noe av buskapen.
OTB
Da sa Akab til Obadja: "Gå gjennom landet til alle vannkildene og til alle dalene; kanskje vi finner gress så vi kan holde hestene og muldyrene i live, og ikke trenger å drepe noe av buskapen."
B1930
Akab sa da til Obadja: Dra gjennem landet til alle kilder og bekker! Kanskje vi finner gress, så vi kan holde liv i hester og mulesler og slipper å slakte noget av buskapen.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 14:5–6

    Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

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  • Joel 1:18

    How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

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  • Joel 2:22

    Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

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  • Habakkuk 3:17

    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

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  • Romans 8:20–22

    For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

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  • Psalms 104:14

    He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

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