1 Kings 17:20 - Easy To Read Version Then Elijah prayed, “Lord my God. This widow [195] is letting me stay in her house. Will you do this bad thing to her? Will you cause her son to die? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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? |
But Er did many bad things. The Lord was not happy with him. So the Lord killed him.
Elijah said to her, “Give your son to me.” Elijah took the boy from her and carried him upstairs. He laid him on the bed in the room where he was staying.
Then Elijah lay on top of the boy three times. Elijah prayed, “Lord my God. Allow this boy to live again!”
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “Lord, the God of Israel who sits as King between the Cherub angels. [237] You are the God—you alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth!
The commander’s master, the king of Assyria, has sent him to say bad things about the living God. Maybe the Lord your God will hear all those things. Maybe the Lord will punish the enemy! So pray for the people that are still left alive.’”
Then Isaiah prayed to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow move back ten steps. It went back on the steps that it had already been on.
Elisha went into the room and shut the door. Elisha and the child were alone in the room now. Then Elisha prayed to the Lord.
Moses and Aaron were some of his priests.\par And Samuel was one of the men\par who called on his name.\par They prayed to the Lord,\par and he answered them.\par
So Moses cried to the Lord, “What can I do with these people? They are ready to kill me.”
Lord, if I argue with you,\par you are always right!\par But I want to ask you about some things that don’t seem right.\par Why are wicked people successful?\par Why do people you can’t trust have such easy lives?\par