1 Kings 18:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 18:4 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 →
וַיְהִי֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בְּהַכְרִ֣ית
kârath
H3772
to cut
אִיזֶ֔בֶל
ʼÎyzebel
H348
Jezebel
אֵ֖ת
ʼêth
H853
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נְבִיאֵ֣י
nâbîyʼ
H5030
prophet
יְהוָ֑ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיִּקַּ֨ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ
ʻÔbadyâh
H5662
Obadiah
מֵאָ֣ה
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
נְבִאִ֗ים
nâbîyʼ
H5030
prophet
וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞ם
châbâʼ
H2244
to hide
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chămishshîym
H2572
fifty
אִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה
mᵉʻârâh
H4631
cave
וְכִלְכְּלָ֖ם
kûwl
H3557
to contain
לֶ֥חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
וָמָֽיִם
mayim
H4325
water
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World English Bible Public Domain
for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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King James Version Public Domain
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now it had happened, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah had taken 100 prophets and hidden them, 50 men in the cave, and he had sustained them bread and water.)
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