1 Kings 17:20 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 17:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהָ֔י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הֲ֠גַם
gam
H1571
also
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הָאַלְמָנָ֞ה
ʼalmânâh
H490
widow
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אֲנִ֨י
ʼănîy
H589
I
מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר
gûwr
H1481
to sojourn
עִמָּ֛הּ
ʻim
H5973
with
הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
לְהָמִ֥ית
mûwth
H4191
to die
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
בְּנָֽהּ
bên
H1121
son
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World English Bible Public Domain
He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
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King James Version Public Domain
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he cried out to Yahweh and said, “Yahweh my God, have you even brought harm upon the widow with whom I am sojourning, by killing her son?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).