1 Kings 17:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not run out, and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} The jar{H3537} of meal{H7058} shall not waste,{H3615} neither shall the cruse{H6835} of oil{H8081} fail,{H2637} until the day{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} sendeth{H5414} rain{H1653} upon{H6440} the earth.{H127}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, The barrel{H3537} of meal{H7058} shall not waste{H3615}{(H8799)}, neither shall the cruse{H6835} of oil{H8081} fail{H2637}{(H8799)}, until the day{H3117} that the LORD{H3068} sendeth{H5414}{(H8800)} rain{H1653} upon{H6440} the earth{H127}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For thus sayeth ye LORDE God of Israel: The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent, & the oyle in ye cruse shall not fayll, vnto the daye yt the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpo earth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shal the oyle in the cruse be diminished, vnto the time that the Lord send rayne vpon the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shal the oyle in the cruse be minished, vntil the Lorde haue sent rayne vpon the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah's giving a shower on the face of the ground.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For this is what the LORD God of Israel has said,‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the LORD makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 3:16 : 16 And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Make this valley full of ditches.'
  • 2 Kgs 4:2-7 : 2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stopped. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your children live on the rest.
  • 2 Kgs 4:42-44 : 42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk of it. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat. 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave some. 44 So he set it before them, and they ate, and left some, according to the word of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 7:1 : 1 Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
  • 2 Kgs 9:6 : 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
  • Matt 14:17-20 : 17 And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish. 18 He said, Bring them here to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude. 20 And they all ate and were filled: and they took up twelve baskets full of the leftover fragments.
  • Matt 15:36-38 : 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full. 38 And those that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • 1 Kgs 17:4 : 4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 17:15-17
    3 verses
    92%

    15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her household, ate many days.

    16 And the barrel of meal did not waste, nor did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah.

    17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

  • 1 Kgs 17:4-13
    10 verses
    82%

    4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

    5 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

    6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

    7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

    8 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

    9 Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.

    10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

    11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

    12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

    13 And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make a little cake for me first, and bring it to me, and afterward, make some for you and your son.

  • 2 Kgs 4:2-7
    6 verses
    78%

    2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.

    3 Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

    4 And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full.

    5 So she went from him, and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

    6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stopped.

    7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your children live on the rest.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.

    2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:41
    73%

    41 And Elijah said to Ahab, Get up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

  • Deut 11:14
    73%

    14 That I will give you the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil.

  • 2 Kgs 4:41
    72%

    41 But he said, Then bring flour. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

  • 2 Kgs 3:17
    72%

    17 For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

    2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 7:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

    2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.

  • 2 Kgs 10:10
    71%

    10 Know now that nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, shall fail: for the LORD has done what he spoke by his servant Elijah.

  • Joel 2:24
    71%

    24 And the threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    71%

    24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.

  • Luke 4:25
    70%

    25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine swept throughout all the land;

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
    70%

    1 Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years."

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    70%

    35 And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

  • 1 Kgs 18:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

    13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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

    43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave some.

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

  • Jer 14:1
    69%

    1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

  • 1 Kgs 18:43-44
    2 verses
    69%

    43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

    44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, a little cloud arises out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and get down, that the rain does not stop you.

  • Hab 3:17
    69%

    17 Though the fig tree shall not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

  • Isa 41:17
    69%

    17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    69%

    17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.

  • Jer 13:12
    69%

    12 Therefore you shall speak to them this word; Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

  • Hag 2:16
    68%

    16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.

  • Joel 1:10
    68%

    10 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the grain is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    68%

    28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 18:32
    68%

    32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

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