Parallel Verses
Amplified
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Are you the one who is bringing disaster on Israel?”
New American Standard Bible
When Ahab saw Elijah,
King James Version
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
Holman Bible
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you destroyer of Israel?”
International Standard Version
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab asked him, "Is it really you, you destroyer of Israel?"
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?
Bible in Basic English
And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be when Ahab saw Elijah, and Ahab will say to him, This thou, troubling Israel?
King James 2000
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Are you he that troubles Israel?
Lexham Expanded Bible
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?"
Modern King James verseion
And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Are you he that troubles Israel?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when Ahab saw Elijah, he said unto him, "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?"
NET Bible
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?"
New Heart English Bible
It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"
The Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Now, art, thou, troubling Israel?
Webster
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
World English Bible
It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, 'Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?'
Themes
false Accusation » Incidents illustrative of » Against elijah by ahab
Ahab » King of israel » Reproved by elijah; assembles the prophets of baal
Christian ministers » Expostulate with rulers » Elijah with ahab
Elijah » Three times fed with divine supplies » A fearless reformer
Elijah » Meets ahab and directs him to assemble the prophets of baal
Interlinear
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 18:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal On Mount Carmel
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Are you the one who is bringing disaster on Israel?” 18 Elijah said, “I have not brought disaster on Israel, but you and your father’s household have, by abandoning (rejecting) the commandments of the Lord and by following the Baals.
Cross References
Joshua 7:25
Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring you disaster this day.” Then all Israel stoned them [to death] with stones; afterward they burned their bodies in the fire.
1 Kings 21:20
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
Acts 16:20
and when they had brought them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, who are Jews, are throwing our city into confusion and causing trouble.
Jeremiah 26:8-9
Now when Jeremiah finished proclaiming everything that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the [false] prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You must die!
Jeremiah 38:4
Therefore the princes (court officials) said to the king, “Please [we implore you] let this man [Jeremiah] be put to death; for [speaking] in this way he discourages and weakens [the will of] the soldiers who remain in this city and he discourages and weakens [the will of] all the people by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but rather their harm.”
Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel [site of the golden calf shrine], sent word to
Acts 17:6
But when they failed to find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too;
Acts 24:5
For we have found this man to be a public menace and one who