1 Kings 18:5 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 18:5 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 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אַחְאָב֙
ʼAchʼâb
H256
Ahab
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ
ʻÔbadyâh
H5662
Obadiah
לֵ֤ךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
בָּאָ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
H776
land
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
מַעְיְנֵ֣י
maʻyân
H4599
spring
הַמַּ֔יִם
mayim
H4325
water
וְאֶ֖ל
ʼêl
H413
to
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַנְּחָלִ֑ים
nachal
H5158
wadi
אוּלַ֣י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
נִמְצָ֣א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
חָצִ֗יר
châtsîyr
H2682
grass
וּנְחַיֶּה֙
châyâh
H2421
to live
ס֣וּס
çûwç
H5483
horse
וָפֶ֔רֶד
pered
H6505
mule
וְל֥וֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
נַכְרִ֖ית
kârath
H3772
to cut
מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה
bᵉhêmâh
H929
beast
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World English Bible Public Domain
Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land, to all of the springs of water and to all of the wadis. Perhaps we will find grass, and we will keep alive a horse or a mule, and we will not cut off from the cattle.”
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