1 Kings 19:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Elisha returned, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the equipment of the oxen, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his attendant.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he returned{H7725} from following him,{H310} and took{H3947} the yoke{H6776} of oxen,{H1241} and slew{H2076} them, and boiled{H1310} their flesh{H1320} with the instruments{H3627} of the oxen,{H1241} and gave{H5414} unto the people,{H5971} and they did eat.{H398} Then he arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} after{H310} Elijah,{H452} and ministered{H8334} unto him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he returned back{H7725}{(H8799)} from him{H310}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} a yoke{H6776} of oxen{H1241}, and slew{H2076}{(H8799)} them, and boiled{H1310}{(H8765)} their flesh{H1320} with the instruments{H3627} of the oxen{H1241}, and gave{H5414}{(H8799)} unto the people{H5971}, and they did eat{H398}{(H8799)}. Then he arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} Elijah{H452}, and ministered{H8334}{(H8762)} unto him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he ranne agayne from him, and toke a yock of oxen, and offred it, and sod ye flesh with the wod of the oxen plowes, and gaue it vnto the people to eate, and gat him vp, & folowed Elias, and mynistred vnto him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And whe he went backe againe from him, he tooke a couple of oxen, and slewe them, and sod their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gaue vnto the people, and they did eate: then he arose and went after Eliiah, and ministred vnto him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when he went backe againe from him, he toke a couple of oxen, and slue them, and dressed the fleshe with the instrumentes of the oxen, and gaue vnto the people, and they dyd eate: And then he arose and went after Elias, and ministred vnto him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Elisha went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 24:22 : 22 Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
  • 1 Kgs 18:43 : 43 Then he said to his servant, "Go and look toward the sea." So he went and looked and said, "There is nothing." Seven times Elijah told him, "Go back."
  • 2 Kgs 2:3 : 3 The sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master away from you?" He replied, "Yes, I know it. Be quiet."
  • 2 Kgs 3:11 : 11 But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here, through whom we may inquire of the LORD?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha, son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah, is here."
  • Luke 5:28-29 : 28 So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him. 29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them.
  • Acts 13:5 : 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their assistant.
  • 2 Tim 4:11 : 11 Luke alone is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.
  • Phlm 1:13 : 13 I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel on your behalf.
  • Exod 24:13 : 13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
  • Num 27:18-20 : 18 The LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him. 19 Set him before Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly, and commission him in their sight. 20 Transfer some of your authority to him so that the whole assembly of the Israelites will follow him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 19:19-20
    2 verses
    85%

    19 Elijah left from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen, and he was with the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak over him.

    20 Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?'

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
    75%

    23 Let two bulls be given to us. Let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and lay it on the wood without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood without setting fire to it.

  • 1 Kgs 13:23
    75%

    23 After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19 So the man of God returned with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

    20 While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

    21 and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    73%

    25 From there, he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 19:8
    73%

    8 So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • 2 Kgs 4:38
    73%

    38 Elisha returned to Gilgal, where there was a famine in the land. The company of the prophets was sitting before him, and he said to his servant, 'Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:40-42
    3 verses
    72%

    40 Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let any of them escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

    41 Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.

    42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink, but Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel, crouched down to the ground, and put his face between his knees.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

    15 Then the prophet said to him, 'Come home with me and eat some food.'

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
    72%

    26 But Elisha said to him, 'Was my spirit not with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, male servants, and female servants?'

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

    14 He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. 'Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?' he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

    15 The company of the prophets from Jericho saw him from a distance and said, 'The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.' And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

  • 2 Chr 18:2
    71%

    2 Some years later, he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered an abundance of sheep and cattle for him and the people who were with him and persuaded him to go up to Ramoth Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 19:6
    71%

    6 He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water. He ate and drank, then lay down again.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    71%

    13 Has it not been reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with bread and water.

  • 2 Kgs 1:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11 Once again, the king sent another captain with fifty men to Elijah. The captain approached and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down quickly!"'

    12 Elijah replied, 'If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!' And fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

    13 A third time, the king sent a captain with fifty men. This third captain approached, fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, 'Man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.'

  • 1 Kgs 19:1
    71%

    1 Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
    71%

    11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

  • 2 Kgs 10:16
    71%

    16 Then Jehu said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot.

  • 2 Kgs 2:1
    70%

    1 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

  • 1 Kgs 18:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, 'Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not set fire to the wood.'

    26 So they took the bull that was given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, 'O Baal, answer us!' But there was no response, no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.

  • 2 Kgs 6:22
    70%

    22 Elisha answered, "Do not kill them. Would you kill those you have captured with your sword or bow? Set food and water before them so they can eat and drink and then return to their master."

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
    70%

    14 Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha say to you?" Hazael replied, "He told me that you will certainly recover."

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    70%

    15 The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, 'Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.' So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 19:3
    70%

    3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there.

  • Judg 19:21
    70%

    21 He brought him into his house and provided fodder for the donkeys. They washed their feet, ate, and drank.

  • 2 Kgs 4:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43 His servant replied, 'How can I set this before a hundred men?' But Elisha said, 'Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the LORD says: “They will eat and have some left over.”'

    44 So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    70%

    9 Then the king sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of the hill, and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down."'

  • 1 Kgs 17:19
    70%

    19 Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." He took the boy from her arms, brought him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.

  • 1 Kgs 19:17
    70%

    17 Anyone who escapes the sword of Hazael will be put to death by Jehu, and anyone who escapes the sword of Jehu will be put to death by Elisha.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    69%

    46 The hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

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    12 Then Jehu set out and went to Samaria. Along the way, he came to Beth-Eked of the Shepherds.

  • 1 Kgs 17:15
    69%

    15 She went and did according to what Elijah said, and she, Elijah, and her household ate for many days.

  • 2 Sam 12:21
    69%

    21 His attendants asked him, 'Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!'

  • 1 Sam 11:7
    69%

    7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout Israel by messengers, saying, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." The fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

  • 1 Kgs 21:19
    69%

    19 Speak to him and say, “Thus says the LORD: Have you murdered and also taken possession?” Then say to him, “Thus says the LORD: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood—yes, yours.”'

  • 1 Kgs 17:13
    69%

    13 Elijah said to her, "Do not be afraid. Go and do as you have said, but first make a small cake for me from what you have and bring it to me. Then make some for yourself and your son."

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    69%

    15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’

  • 2 Kgs 1:5
    69%

    5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, 'Why have you returned?'

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