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1 Kings 18:43

He said to his servant, “Go up now, and look toward the sea.” He went up, and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He said to his servant, “Go up now, and look toward the sea.” He went up, and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And he 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.'

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Cross-references (7)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 18:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
  • Luke 18:1 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
  • Luke 18:7 Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
  • Genesis 32:26 The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
  • Psalms 5:3 Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
  • Ephesians 6:18 with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
  • Hebrews 10:36-37 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise. “In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As God’s spirit moved him to pray, so was…

As God’s spirit moved him to pray, so was he strengthened by the same, that he did not faint, but continued still till he had obtained.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Go up now, whilst I continue praying.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass in the mean while,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Go - While I continue praying. Elijah desired to…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 43. Look toward the sea.] From the top…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 18:43. Go up now, &c. — While I…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Tradition says that Elijah’s servant was the son of…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Go up now, look toward the sea--From the place…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 43. His servant — Tradition says it was the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. look toward the sea] Because from that quarter…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) Go again seven times.—From this delay of the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And said to his servant of whom we now…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And said to his servant, Go up now, look…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 seven times

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