43He 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.


In Context

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.'|

45 It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

1 Kings 18:43 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:43"Go and look toward the sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked. "There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:43And he said to his servant: Go up, and look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said: There is nothing. And again he said to him: Return seven times.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:43And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:43And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:43And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:43And said to his servant, Go up now, look towards the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:43and saith unto his young man, 'Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;' and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, 'There is nothing;' and he saith, 'Turn back,' seven times.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.