Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
Parallel Translations
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Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
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And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
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And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 18:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 10:28 Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy…
1Ki 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he shall slay me.
Ver. 14. And he shall slay me.] Everything would live. Man is ζωον φιλοζωον. See on 1Ki 18:9.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him,....…
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him,.... That Elijah was in such a place, and had desired him to inform him of it, and was ready to appear before him that day wherever he pleased; for upon the prophet's oath Obadiah was entirely satisfied, and was in no fear of delivering the message:
and Ahab went to meet Elijah; though perhaps the bold message of the prophet might make him fear he had something to say to him not very agreeable.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Kill me. He had expressed this fear twice before.…
Kill me. He had expressed this fear twice before. Elias perceiving how much he was agitated, confirmed him with an oath. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And now thou sayest =" This is to be…
And now thou sayest =" This is to be the reward of my devotion, is it?", GO, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah Is here: and he shall slay me.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Go and tell your master that Elijah is here
Go and tell your master that Elijah is here
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your master
Here "master" refers to King Ahab.
As Yahweh of hosts lives
This is an oath to emphasize that what he will say is true.
before whom I stand
To "stand before" is an idiom for being in someone's presence and ready to serve him. AT: "whom I serve" (See: Idiom)
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