James 5:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ Elijah was a human being as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Elijah was a human being with a nature such as we have [with feelings, affections, and a constitution like ours]; and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell on the earth for three years and six months. [I Kings 17:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Elijah was a person just like us. When he earnestly prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell for three and a half years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Elijah was a mortal man like us, and in prayer he prayed that it would not rain upon the earth. And it did not rain for three years and six months.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.

James 5:17 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah  the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,  , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives,  in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’

1 Kings 18:1

After a long time, the word of the Lord   came to Elijah in the third year:  ‘Go and present yourself to Ahab.  I will send rain on the surface of the land.’

Luke 4:25

But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days,   when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

Acts 10:26

But Peter lifted him up and said, ‘Stand up. I myself am also a man.’

Acts 14:15

‘People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things  to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.  ,

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.  Or don’t you know  what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah #– #how he pleads with God against Israel?

Revelation 11:6

They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy.  They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood  and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.