and he went and found the body thrown in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.
1 Kings 17:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. Common English Bible You can drink from the brook. I have also ordered the ravens to provide for you there. Catholic Public Domain Version And there you shall drink from the torrent. And I have instructed the ravens to feed you there." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. |
and he went and found the body thrown in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.
“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
“Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him? Whether nation or person, it is the same—
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God and wander about for lack of food?
He gives to the animals their food and to the young ravens when they cry.
“Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aaron, and command the rock before their eyes to yield its water. Thus you shall bring water out of the rock for them; thus you shall provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”