42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.


In Context

39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, |Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!|

40 Elijah said to them, |Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let one of them escape!| They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

41 Elijah said to Ahab, |Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.|

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

43 He said to his servant, |Go up now, look toward the sea.| He went up, and looked, and said, |There is nothing.| He said, |Go again| seven times.

44 It happened at the seventh time, that he said, |Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea.| He said, |Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'|

1 Kings 18:42 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:42So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:42Achab went up to eat and drink: and Elias went up to the top of Carmel, and casting himself down upon the earth put his face between his knees,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:42And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:42And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees,