1 Kings 18:44
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And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
In other translations
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961בַּשְּׁבִעִיתbashevi'itat the seventh [time]H7637וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הִנֵּה־hineh-there!H2009עָב'ava cloudH5645קְטַנָּהketanahsmallH6996כְּכַף־kekhaf-like [the] hand ofH3709אִישׁ'isha personH376עֹלָה'olah[is] coming upH5927מִיָּםmiyamfrom [the] seaH3220וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559עֲלֵה'alehgo upH5927אֱמֹר'emorsayH559אֶל־'el-toH413אַחְאָב'ach'avAhabH256אֱסֹר'esorharnessH631וָרֵדvaredand go downH3381וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יַעַצָרְכָהya'atzarekhahit will hold back youH6113הַגָּשֶׁם׃hagashemthe rainH1653
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Luke 12:54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
- Job 8:7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
- Zechariah 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
- Micah 1:13O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
- 1 Samuel 6:10And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
- 1 Samuel 6:7Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
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People: Ahab