1 Kings 17:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ He cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And Elijah cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, have You brought further calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

Common English Bible

²⁰ Elijah cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, why is it that you have brought such evil upon the widow that I am staying with by killing her son?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And he cried out to the Lord, and he said, "O Lord, my God, have you even afflicted the widow by whom I am, in a sense, sustained, so that you would put to death her son?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And he cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God, hast thou afflicted also the widow, with whom I am after a so maintained, so as to kill her son?

1 Kings 17:20 Cross References

Genesis 38:10

What he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

1 Kings 17:19

But he said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed.

1 Kings 17:21

Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.”

2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

2 Kings 19:4

It may be that the Lord your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.”

2 Kings 20:11

The prophet Isaiah cried to the Lord, and he brought the shadow back the ten intervals, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz.

2 Kings 4:33

So he went in and closed the door on the two of them and prayed to the Lord.

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.

Exodus 17:4

So Moses cried out to the Lord, “What shall I do for this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you, but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Matthew 21:22

Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”