44It 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.'|


In Context

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.

46 The hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

1 Kings 18:44 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:44The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot,] and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:44And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud arose out of the sea like a man's foot. And he said: Go up and say to Achab: Prepare thy chariot and go down, lest the rain prevent thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot , and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and go down, that the rain may not hinder thee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:44And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind — and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there rises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and get you down that the rain stop you not.