1 Kings 18:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent to seek you, and when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would require an oath of the kingdom or nation that they had not found you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they said, He is not here, he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they had not found you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ As surely as the LORD your God lives, there’s no nation or kingdom where my master Ahab hasn’t looked for you. They would insist, ‘He’s not here,’ but Ahab would make them swear that they couldn’t find you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent, seeking you. And when all responded, 'He is not here,' he swore each kingdom and nation to an oath, because you were not found at all.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee. And when all answered: He is not here, he took an oath of every kingdom and nation, because thou wast not found.

1 Kings 18:10 Cross References

1 Kings 1:29

The king swore, saying, “As the Lord lives, who has saved my life from every adversity,

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:5

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.

1 Kings 17:9

“Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”

1 Kings 18:11

But now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here.’

1 Kings 18:15

Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”

1 Kings 18:9

And he said, “How have I sinned, that you would hand your servant over to Ahab to kill me?

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of my father David and who has made me a house as he promised, today Adonijah shall be put to death.”

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Psalm 31:20

In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues.

Psalm 91:1

You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,

Jeremiah 36:19

Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”

Jeremiah 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.

John 8:59

So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

1 Samuel 23:23

Look around and learn all the hiding places where he lurks and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you, and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

1 Samuel 29:6

Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that you should march out and in with me in the campaign, for I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me until today. Nevertheless, the lords do not approve of you.