1 Kings 17:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.””

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BSBPD

“So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 17:10 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 21:15When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
  2. Genesis 24:17So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
  3. John 4:7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 11:27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
  5. Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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