1 Kings 18:46 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁶ But the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁶ And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ The hand of the Lord was on Elijah. He girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel [nearly twenty miles].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ but the LORD’s power strengthened Elijah. He gathered up his clothes and ran in front of Ahab until he came to Jezreel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah. And cinching his waist, he ran before Ahab, until he arrived at Jezreel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁶ And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias: and he girded up his loins and ran before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel.

1 Kings 18:46 Cross References

1 Kings 21:1

Later the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

2 Kings 1:8

They answered him, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

2 Kings 3:15

But get me a musician.” And then, while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord came on him.

2 Kings 4:29

He said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, give no greeting, and if anyone greets you, do not answer, and lay my staff on the face of the child.”

2 Kings 9:1

Then the prophet Elisha called a member of the company of prophets and said to him, “Gird up your loins; take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Job 38:3

Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

Proverbs 31:17

She girds herself with strength and makes her arms strong.

Isaiah 8:11

The Lord spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

Jeremiah 1:17

But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them.

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Chebar, and the hand of the Lord was on him there.

Ezekiel 3:14

The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.

Matthew 22:21

They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Ephesians 6:14

Stand, therefore, and belt your waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.

1 Peter 2:17

Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Fear God. Honor the emperor.