1 Kings 18:12
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And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
In other translations
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961אֲנִי׀'aniIH589אֵלֵךְ'elekhI will goH1980מֵאִתָּךְme'itakhfrom with <the> youH854וְרוּחַveruachand [the] spirit ofH7307יְהוָה׀yahwehYahwehH3068יִשָּׂאֲךָyisa'akhait will carry away youH5375עַל'altoH5921אֲשֶׁר'asherwhereH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808אֵדָע'eda'I knowH3045וּבָאתִיuvatiand I will goH935לְהַגִּידlehagidto tellH5046לְאַחְאָבle'ach'avto AhabH256וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יִמְצָאֲךָyimtza'akhahe will find youH4672וַהֲרָגָנִיvaharaganiand he will kill meH2026וְעַבְדְּךָve'avdekhaand servant yourH5650יָרֵאyare'[is] fearingH3373אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068מִנְּעֻרָי׃mine'uraisince youth<s> myH5271
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Acts 8:39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- 2 Kings 2:16And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
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- 2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- Ezekiel 11:24Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
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People and places
People: Ahab