And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”
1 Kings 18:9 - Easy To Read Version Then Obadiah said, “If I tell Ahab that I know where you are, he will kill me! I have done nothing wrong to you! Why do you want me to die? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said, What sin have I committed, that you would deliver your servant into the hands of Ahab to be slain? American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? Common English Bible Then Obadiah said, “How have I sinned that you are handing me, your servant, over to Ahab so he can kill me? Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: "How have I sinned that you would deliver me, your servant, into the hand of Ahab, so that he would put me to death? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver me thy servant into the hand of Achab, that he should kill me? |
And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”
As sure as the Lord your God lives, the king has been looking for you everywhere! He has sent people to every country to find you. If the ruler of a country said that you were not in his country, then Ahab forced the ruler to promise that you were not in his country.
If I go tell King Ahab that you are here, then the Lord might carry you to some other place. King Ahab will come here, and he will not be able to find you. Then he will kill me! I have followed the Lord since I was a boy.
Elijah answered, “Yes, it is me. Go and tell your master the king that I am here.”
So they said to Moses and Aaron, “You really made a mistake when you told Pharaoh to let us go. May the Lord punish you because you caused Pharaoh and his rulers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”