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James 5:18

PrayerMiracles and God's intervention

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17 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.

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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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
Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
KJV
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
WEB
He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
ASV
And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
DARBY
and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth.
BLB
And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
ÅB
og han ba igjen, og himmelen gav regn, og jorden bar sin grøde.
OTB
Så ba han igjen, og himmelen ga regn, og jorden ga sin grøde.
B1930
og han bad atter, og himmelen gav regn, og jorden bar sin grøde.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 18:42–45

    So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

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  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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  • 1 Kings 18:18

    And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

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  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

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