1 Kings 18:5
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And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
In other translations
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אַחְאָב'ach'avAhabH256אֶל־'el-toH413עֹבַדְיָהוּ'oadyahuObadiahH5662לֵךְlekhgoH1980בָּאָרֶץba'aretzin the landH776אֶל־'el-toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605מַעְיְנֵיma'yenei[the] springs ofH4599הַמַּיִםhamayim<the> waterH4325וְאֶלve'eland toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הַנְּחָלִיםhanechalimthe wadisH5158אוּלַי׀'ulaiperhapsH194נִמְצָאnimtza'we will findH4672חָצִירchatzirgrassH2682וּנְחַיֶּהunechaiyehso we may preserve aliveH2421סוּסsushorseH5483וָפֶרֶדvaferedand muleH6505וְלוֹאvelo'and notH3808נַכְרִיתnakhritwe will cut offH3772מֵהַבְּהֵמָה׃mehabehemahany of the livestockH929
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Jeremiah 14:5-65 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. 6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
- Psalm 104:14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
- Romans 8:20-2220 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
- Habakkuk 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
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People and places
People: Ahab, Obadiah (1 Kings 18)