James 5:17

15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.

19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

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

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BSB
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
KJV
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
WEB
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
ASV
Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
DARBY
Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;
BLB
Elijah was a man of like nature to us, and with prayer he prayed [for it] not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months.
ÅB
Elias var et menneske under samme vilkår som vi, og han ba at det ikke skulle regne, og det regnet ikke på jorden i tre år og seks måneder;
OTB
Elia var et menneske som oss, og han ba inderlig om at det ikke skulle regne, og det regnet ikke på jorden i tre år og seks måneder.
B1930
Elias var et menneske under samme vilkår som vi, og han bad at det ikke skulde regne, og det regnet ikke på jorden i tre år og seks måneder;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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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  • Luke 4:25

    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

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  • 1 Kings 18:1

    After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

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  • Revelation 11:6

    These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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  • Acts 14:15

    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

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  • Romans 11:2

    God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

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  • Acts 10:26

    But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

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