1 Kings 18:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ As Obadiah was on the way, Elijah met him; Obadiah recognized him, fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him and fell on his face and said, Are you my lord Elijah?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?

Common English Bible

⁷ While Obadiah was out searching, suddenly Elijah met up with him. When Obadiah saw him, he fell on his face. “My master!” he said. “Are you Elijah?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And while Obadiah was on the way, Elijah met him. And when he had recognized him, he fell on his face, and he said, "Are you not my lord Elijah?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And as Abdias was in the way Elias met him. And he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: Art thou my lord Elias?

1 Kings 18:7 Cross References

Genesis 18:12

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I be fruitful?”

Genesis 18:2

He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground.

Genesis 44:16

And Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; here we are then, my lord’s slaves, both we and also the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”

Genesis 44:20

And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead; he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

Genesis 44:33

Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy go back with his brothers.

Genesis 50:18

Then his brothers also wept, fell down before him, and said, “We are here as your slaves.”

2 Samuel 19:18

while the crossing was taking place, to bring over the king’s household and to do his pleasure. Shimei son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan

1 Kings 11:29

About that time, when Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Ahijah had clothed himself with a new garment. The two of them were alone in the open country

1 Kings 18:6

So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.

1 Kings 18:8

He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord that Elijah is here.”

Isaiah 60:14

The descendants of those who oppressed you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Numbers 12:11

Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us for a sin that we have so foolishly committed.

Matthew 11:8

What, then, did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces.

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other and wept with each other; David wept the more.