1 Kings 18:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, `Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:14 : 14 Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass. 6 And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
  • Joel 2:22 : 22 Do not fear, O cattle of the field! For sprung forth have pastures of a wilderness, For the tree hath borne its fruit, Fig-tree and vine have given their strength!
  • Hab 3:17 : 17 Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.
  • Rom 8:20-22 : 20 for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject `it' -- in hope, 21 that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God; 22 for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;

    7and Obadiah `is' in the way, and lo, Elijah -- to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he -- my lord Elijah?'

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;'

    2and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

    3and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who `is' over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

    4and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --

  • 1 Kgs 18:16
    72%

    16And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth `it' to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18`Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who `is' in Samaria, -- lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it,

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And one of his servants answereth and saith, `Then let them take, I pray thee, five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it -- lo, they `are' as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed -- and we send and see.'

    14And they take two chariot-horses, and the king sendeth after the camp of Aram, saying, `Go, and see.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:9-13
    5 verses
    71%

    9And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?

    10Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;

    11and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

    12and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

    13`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

  • 1 Kgs 18:41
    71%

    41And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:43-46
    4 verses
    71%

    43and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;' and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;' and he saith, `Turn back,' seven times.

    44And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

    45And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

    46and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

  • Joel 1:18-20
    3 verses
    70%

    18How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.

    19Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.

    20Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

  • 2 Kgs 3:7-9
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    70%

    7and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, `The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?' and he saith, `I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.

    8And he saith, `Where `is' this -- the way we go up?' and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

    9And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that `are' at their feet,

  • Jer 14:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass.

    6And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

  • 2 Kgs 3:17
    69%

    17for thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that valley is full of water, and ye have drunk -- ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

  • 1 Kgs 18:20
    69%

    20And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

    8and the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

  • Deut 11:15
    69%

    15and I have given herbs in thy field for thy cattle, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied.

  • 2 Chr 18:2
    69%

    2and goeth down at the end of `certain' years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who `are' with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    69%

    2And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    68%

    13And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I `am' Jehovah.'

  • 1 Kgs 21:20
    68%

    20And Ahab saith unto Elijah, `Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, `I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    68%

    35and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

  • 2 Chr 18:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.'

    5And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, `Go up, and God doth give `it' into the hand of the king.'

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
    68%

    11And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?' And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Here `is' Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.'

  • Isa 15:6
    68%

    6For, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31
    67%

    31And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    67%

    28And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 21:1
    67%

    1And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that `is' in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria,

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
    67%

    23and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place `it' on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put `it' on the wood, and fire I do not place; --

  • 1 Kgs 17:4
    67%

    4and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'

  • Judg 19:19
    67%

    19and both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants; there is no lack of anything.'

  • 1 Kgs 19:1
    67%

    1And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,