1 Kings 17:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him again.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Elijah stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, please let the boy’s life return to him."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he stretched{H4058} himself upon the child{H3206} three{H7969} times,{H6471} and cried{H7121} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} O Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} I pray thee, let this child's{H3206} soul{H5315} come{H7725} into him{H7130} again.{H7725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he stretched{H4058}{(H8709)} himself upon the child{H3206} three{H7969} times{H6471}, and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, I pray thee, let this child's{H3206} soul{H5315} come{H7725} into him{H7130} again{H7725}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes, & called vpon the LORDE, and saide: O LORDE my God, let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he stretched himselfe vpon the childe three times, and called vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this childes soule come into him againe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he stretched him selfe vpon the childe three tymes, and called vnto the Lorde, and saide: O Lorde my God, I pray thee let this childes soule come into him againe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 20:10 : 10 But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, "Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him."
  • 2 Kgs 4:33-35 : 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them two, and prayed to the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child grew warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
  • Heb 11:19 : 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
  • Acts 10:10 : 10 And he became very hungry, and wanted to eat: but while they prepared, he fell into a trance,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 17:22-24
    3 verses
    90%

    22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him again, and he revived.

    23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17-20
    4 verses
    86%

    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.

    18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?

    19 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her arms, and carried him up into the loft where he stayed, and laid him upon his own bed.

    20 And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

  • 2 Kgs 4:30-37
    8 verses
    82%

    30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her.

    31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awake.

    32 And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

    33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them two, and prayed to the LORD.

    34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child grew warm.

    35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

    36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.

    37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17-21
    5 verses
    76%

    17 And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life.

    18 And when the child was grown, it happened one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

    19 And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

    20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

    21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    73%

    13 And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

  • 2 Sam 12:22
    73%

    22 He said, While the child was alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell if God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

  • 2 Kgs 13:21
    72%

    21 As they were burying a man, they saw a band of raiders and cast the man into the tomb of Elisha; when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    70%

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

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

    14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had struck the waters, they divided here and there: and Elisha went over.

  • 2 Kgs 8:5
    69%

    5 And it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life."

  • 1 Sam 1:27
    69%

    27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of him:

  • 2 Kgs 1:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15 And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

    16 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

    17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his place in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because he had no son.

  • 1 Kgs 13:6
    69%

    6 And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 18:36-37
    2 verses
    69%

    36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

    37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you are the LORD God, and that you have turned their heart back again.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 3:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

    21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had borne.

  • 2 Kgs 13:14
    69%

    14 Now Elisha had fallen sick of the illness from which he died, and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, wept over him, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!"

  • 2 Kgs 5:14
    69%

    14 Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

  • 2 Sam 14:11
    69%

    11 Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 4:27
    68%

    27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1
    68%

    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 Kgs 6:31
    68%

    31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 2:9
    68%

    9 And it happened, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    68%

    12 Arise therefore, go to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

  • 2 Kgs 6:17
    68%

    17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
    67%

    11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."