Parallel Verses

Amplified

So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

New American Standard Bible

So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

King James Version

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Holman Bible

So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

International Standard Version

So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.

A Conservative Version

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

American Standard Version

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Bible in Basic English

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Darby Translation

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will rise and eat and drink, and go in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, even to the mountain of God, Horeb.

King James 2000

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So he got up, ate, drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights up to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Modern King James verseion

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he arose and did eat and drink and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights, unto Horeb the mount of God,

NET Bible

So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

New Heart English Bible

And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.

The Emphasized Bible

So he arose, and did eat and drink, - and journeyed, in the strength of that eating, forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God - Horeb.

Webster

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

World English Bible

He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he arose
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

and did eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and drink
שׁתה 
Shathah 
Usage: 218

and went
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

in the strength
כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

of that meat
אכילה 
'akiylah 
Usage: 1

ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and forty
ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

חרב 
Choreb 
Usage: 17

the mount
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

References

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Context Readings

Elijah Flees To Horeb

7 Then the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “Get up, and eat, for the journey is too long for you [without adequate sustenance].” 8 So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God. 9 There he came to a cave and spent the night in it; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”


Cross References

Exodus 34:28

Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Deuteronomy 9:18

Then, as before, I fell down before the Lord for [another] forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water, because of all the sin you had committed by doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.

Matthew 4:2

After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He became hungry.

Mark 1:13

He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted [to do evil] by Satan; and He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered continually to Him.

Luke 4:2

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.

Exodus 19:18

Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Deuteronomy 9:9-11

When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water.

Daniel 1:15

At the end of ten days it seemed that they were looking better and healthier than all the young men who ate the king’s finest food.

Malachi 4:4-5

“Remember [with thoughtful concern] the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on [Mount] Horeb [to give] to all Israel.

2 Corinthians 12:9

but He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.

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