Luke 4:25 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine had occurred throughout the entire land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed up for three years and six months, so that there came a great famine over all the land;

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

Common English Bible

²⁵ And I can assure you that there were many widows in Israel during Elijah’s time, when it didn’t rain for three and a half years and there was a great food shortage in the land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.

English Standard Version 2016

²⁵ But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land,

Luke 4:25 Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

And Elijah the Tishbite, from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord lives, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew or rain during these years, except by the words of my mouth."

Isaiah 55:8

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.

Matthew 20:15

And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?'

Luke 10:21

In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: "I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.

Romans 9:15

For to Moses he says: "I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity."

Romans 9:20

O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: "Why have you made me this way?"

Ephesians 1:11

In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 1:9

So does he make known to us the mystery of his will, which he has set forth in Christ, in a manner well-pleasing to him,

James 5:17

Elijah was a mortal man like us, and in prayer he prayed that it would not rain upon the earth. And it did not rain for three years and six months.

Revelation 11:6

These have the power to close up the heavens, so that it may not rain during the days of their prophesying. And they have power over the waters, to convert them into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of affliction as often as they will.