15She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate many days.


In Context

12 She said, |As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.|

13 Elijah said to her, |Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

14 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'|

15 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate many days.

16 The jar of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah.

17 It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

1 Kings 17:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:15She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:15She went and did according to the word of Elias: and he ate, and she, and her house: and from that day

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:15And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household — days;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.