James 5:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and again he did pray, and the heaven did give rain, and the land did bring forth her fruit.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:42-45 : 42 And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees, 43 and 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. 44 And 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.' 45 And 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,
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these!
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good -- from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'
  • 1 Kgs 18:18 : 18 And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 5:15-17
    3 verses
    86%

    15and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him.

    16Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

    17Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray -- not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    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,

  • 1 Kgs 8:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35`In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name, and from their sin turn back, for Thou dost afflict them,

    36then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, for Thou directest them the good way in which they go, and hast given rain on Thy land which Thou hast given to Thy people for inheritance.

  • 1 Kgs 18:41-46
    6 verses
    72%

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

    42And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26`In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --

    27then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

  • Zech 10:1
    72%

    1They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain `in' showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.

  • Heb 6:7
    71%

    7For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God,

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'

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

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    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,

  • Job 5:10
    70%

    10Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.

  • Jas 5:7
    70%

    7Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

  • Deut 11:14
    69%

    14that I have given the rain of your land in its season -- sprinkling and gathered -- and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil,

  • Amos 4:7
    69%

    7And I also -- I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.

  • Isa 55:10
    69%

    10For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

  • Hag 1:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

    11And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'

  • Jas 5:19
    68%

    19Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,

  • Deut 11:17
    68%

    17and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.

  • Lev 26:4
    68%

    4then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    67%

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

  • 1 Sam 12:18
    67%

    18And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;

  • Job 38:26-27
    2 verses
    66%

    26To cause `it' to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

    27To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    66%

    13And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants -- these fifty -- in thine eyes.

  • Jer 14:22
    66%

    22Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these!

  • Luke 5:16
    66%

    16and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

  • Gen 8:2
    66%

    2and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

  • Jer 5:24
    66%

    24And they have not said in their heart, `Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
    66%

    14for 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.'

  • Gen 2:6
    66%

    6and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

  • Joel 2:23
    65%

    23And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.

  • Luke 18:1
    65%

    1And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth `us' always to pray, and not to faint,

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    65%

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

  • Job 37:6
    65%

    6For to snow He saith, `Be `on' the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

  • Luke 22:41
    65%

    41And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

  • Exod 9:33
    65%

    33And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, `from' the city, and spreadeth his hands unto Jehovah, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain hath not been poured out to the earth;

  • 1 Kgs 17:21
    65%

    21And 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;'

  • Gen 1:11
    65%

    11And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.