At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Exodus 33:21 - New Revised Standard Version And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand upon the rock, American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: Common English Bible The LORD said, “Here is a place near me where you will stand beside the rock. Catholic Public Domain Version And again, he said: "Behold, there is a place with me, and you shall stand upon the rock. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again he said: Behold, there is a place with me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock. |
At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I;
On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.
I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him.
But you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, the statutes and the ordinances, that you shall teach them, so that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
The slayer shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and explain the case to the elders of that city; then the fugitive shall be taken into the city, and given a place, and shall remain with them.