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Parallel 1KI 17:12

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BI 1Ki 17:12 ©

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OET (OET-RV)But she replied, “As your God Yahweh lives, I don’t have any bread at all—only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little bit of oil in the jug. See, I’m gathering a few bits of firewood so I can make a little bread for me and my son. After we’ve eaten that, then we’ll die.”

OET-LVAnd_she/it_said [by]_the_life of_YHWH god_your if there_[is] to_me food if/because (if) [the]_fullness of_a_palm of_flour in/on/at/with_jar and_a_little of_oil in/on/at/with_jug and_wow_I [am]_gathering two wood(s) and_go and_prepare_it to_me and_for_son_my and_eat_it and_die.

UHBוַ⁠תֹּ֗אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ אִם־יֶשׁ־לִ֣⁠י מָע֔וֹג כִּ֣י אִם־מְלֹ֤א כַף־קֶ֨מַח֙ בַּ⁠כַּ֔ד וּ⁠מְעַט־שֶׁ֖מֶן בַּ⁠צַּפָּ֑חַת וְ⁠הִנְ⁠נִ֨י מְקֹשֶׁ֜שֶׁת שְׁנַ֣יִם עֵצִ֗ים וּ⁠בָ֨אתִי֙ וַ⁠עֲשִׂיתִ֨י⁠הוּ֙ לִ֣⁠י וְ⁠לִ⁠בְנִ֔⁠י וַ⁠אֲכַלְנֻ֖⁠הוּ וָ⁠מָֽתְנוּ׃
   (va⁠ttoʼmer ḩay-yhwh ʼₑlohey⁠kā ʼim-yesh-li⁠y māˊōg kiy ʼim-məloʼ kaf-qemaḩ ba⁠kkad ū⁠məˊaţ-shemen ba⁠ʦʦapāḩat və⁠hin⁠niy məqosheshet shənayim ˊēʦim ū⁠ⱱāʼtī va⁠ˊₐsītiy⁠hū li⁠y və⁠li⁠ⱱəni⁠y va⁠ʼₐkalnu⁠hū vā⁠mātə.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ, ζῇ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, εἰ ἔστι μοι ἐγκρυφίας, ἀλλʼ ἢ ὅσον δρὰξ ἀλεύρου ἐν τῇ ὑδρίᾳ, καὶ ὀλίγον ἔλαιον ἐν τῷ καψάκῃ· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συλλέξω δύο ξυλάρια, καὶ εἰσελεύσομαι καὶ ποιήσω αὐτὸ ἐμαυτῇ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις μου, καὶ φαγόμεθα, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα.
   (Kai eipen haʸ gunaʸ, zaʸ Kurios ho Theos sou, ei esti moi egkrufias, allʼ aʸ hoson drax aleurou en taʸ hudria, kai oligon elaion en tōi kapsakaʸ; kai idou egō sullexō duo xularia, kai eiseleusomai kai poiaʸsō auto emautaʸ kai tois teknois mou, kai fagometha, kai apothanoumetha. )

BrTrAnd the woman said, As the Lord thy God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.

ULTAnd she said, “As Yahweh your God is alive, there is not for me a bread cake, but only a fullness of a palm of flour in the jar and a little bit of oil in the jug. And behold, I am gathering two wood pieces and I will enter and I make it for me and for my son. And we will eat it and will die.”

USTBut she replied, “Your God knows that what I am telling you is true. I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little olive oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to make a fire and cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die from hunger.”

BSB  § But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”


OEBAnd she replied, ‘As Jehovah your God liveth, I have nothing but a handful of meal in the jar and a little oil in the cruse; and now I am gathering a few sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and then die.’

WEBBEShe said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETShe said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”

LSVAnd she says, “Your God YHWH lives, I do not have a cake, but the fullness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it—and died.”

FBVShe replied, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour is left in a jar and a little bit of olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a few of sticks so I can go and cook what's left for myself and my son so we can eat it, and then we'll die.”

T4TBut she replied, “Your God knows that what I am telling you is true: I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little olive oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to make a fire and cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die from hunger.”

LEBShe said, “As Yahweh your God lives,[fn] surely I do not have a cake, but only a handful of flour[fn] in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I am gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die.”


17:12 Literally “The life of Yahweh your God”

17:12 Literally “except that which fills a hand with flour”

BBEThen she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

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JPSAnd she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'

ASVAnd she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

DRAAnd she answered: As the Lord thy God liveth, I have no bread, but only a handful of meal in a pot, and a little oil in a cruse: behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

YLTAnd she saith, 'Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it — and died.'

DrbyAnd she said, As Jehovah thy [fn]God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.


17.12 Elohim

RVAnd she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in the barrel, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

WbstrAnd she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

KJB-1769And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
   (And she said, As the LORD thy/your God liveth/lives, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal/flour in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. )

KJB-1611And she said, As the LORD thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two stickes, that I may goe in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and die.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

BshpsShe sayde: As the Lorde thy God lyueth, I haue no bread redy, but euen an handful of meale in a barrel, & a litle oyle in a cruse: And beholde, I am gathering two stickes, for to go in and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye.
   (She said: As the Lord thy/your God liveth/lives, I have no bread redy, but even an handful of meal/flour in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: And behold, I am gathering two sticks, for to go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.)

GnvaAnd shee sayde, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but euen an handfull of meale in a barrel, and a litle oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering a fewe stickes for to go in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye.
   (And she said, As the Lord thy/your God liveth/lives, I have not a cake, but even an handful of meal/flour in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering a few sticks for to go in, and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. )

CvdlShe sayde: As truly as the LORDE yi God lyueth, I haue no bred, but an handfull of floure in a pitcher, & a curtesy oyle in a cruse: and beholde, I haue gathered vp one or two stickes, & wyll go and prepare it for me and my sonne, that we maye eate and dye.
   (She said: As truly as the LORD yi God liveth/lives, I have no bred, but an handful of flour in a pitcher, and a curtesy oil in a cruse: and behold, I have gathered up one or two sticks, and will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat and die.)

WyclAnd sche answeride, Thi Lord God lyueth, for Y haue no breed, no but as myche of mele in a pot, as a fist may take, and a litil of oile in a vessel; lo! Y gadere twei stickis, that Y entre, and make it to me, and to my sone, that we ete and die.
   (And she answered, Thi Lord God liveth/lives, for I have no breed, no but as much of meal/flour in a pot, as a fist may take, and a little of oil in a vessel; lo! I gather two stickis, that I entre, and make it to me, and to my son, that we eat and die.)

LuthSie sprach: So wahr der HErr, dein GOtt, lebet, ich habe nichts Gebackenes ohne eine Handvoll Mehls im Kad und ein wenig Öl im Kruge. Und siehe, ich habe ein Holz oder zwei aufgelesen und gehe hinein und will mir und meinem Sohn zurichten, daß wir essen und sterben.
   (They/She spoke: So wahr the/of_the LORD, your God, lives, I have nothing Gebackenes without one Handvoll Mehls in_the Kad and a wenig Öl in_the Kruge. And look, I have a wood or two aufgelesen and go hinein and will to_me and my son zurichten, that we/us eat and die.)

ClVgQuæ respondit: Vivit Dominus Deus tuus, quia non habeo panem, nisi quantum pugillus capere potest farinæ in hydria, et paululum olei in lecytho: en colligo duo ligna ut ingrediar et faciam illum mihi et filio meo, ut comedamus, et moriamur.
   (Which answered: Vivit Master God tuus, because not/no habeo panem, nisi quantum pugillus capere potest farinæ in hydria, and a_little olei in lecytho: en colligo two ligna as ingrediar and I_will_do him to_me and filio meo, as comedamus, and moriamur. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

17:12 by the Lord your God (literally as surely as the Lord your God lives): The wording reflects Elijah’s oath and pronouncement to Ahab (17:1). The Gentile woman’s oath does not necessarily claim that the Lord is her god, but it does affirm to Elijah that what she says is the truth.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

As Yahweh your God lives

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said he/it_lived YHWH God,your if there_is to=me bread that/for/because/then/when if fullness_of hand_of flour in/on/at/with,jar and,a_little oil in/on/at/with,jug and=wow=I gathering a_couple_of sticks and,go and,prepare,it to=me and,for,son,my and,eat,it and,die )

This phrase is an oath to emphasize that what she will say is true.

only a handful of meal

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said he/it_lived YHWH God,your if there_is to=me bread that/for/because/then/when if fullness_of hand_of flour in/on/at/with,jar and,a_little oil in/on/at/with,jug and=wow=I gathering a_couple_of sticks and,go and,prepare,it to=me and,for,son,my and,eat,it and,die )

Alternate translation: “only a little bit of meal”

meal

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said he/it_lived YHWH God,your if there_is to=me bread that/for/because/then/when if fullness_of hand_of flour in/on/at/with,jar and,a_little oil in/on/at/with,jug and=wow=I gathering a_couple_of sticks and,go and,prepare,it to=me and,for,son,my and,eat,it and,die )

“flour.” This what is used to make bread.

See, I

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said he/it_lived YHWH God,your if there_is to=me bread that/for/because/then/when if fullness_of hand_of flour in/on/at/with,jar and,a_little oil in/on/at/with,jug and=wow=I gathering a_couple_of sticks and,go and,prepare,it to=me and,for,son,my and,eat,it and,die )

Alternate translation: “Let me tell you what I am doing: I”

Note 1 topic: translate-numbers

two sticks

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said he/it_lived YHWH God,your if there_is to=me bread that/for/because/then/when if fullness_of hand_of flour in/on/at/with,jar and,a_little oil in/on/at/with,jug and=wow=I gathering a_couple_of sticks and,go and,prepare,it to=me and,for,son,my and,eat,it and,die )

This may refer to two sticks or to only a few sticks.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

that we may eat it, and die

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said he/it_lived YHWH God,your if there_is to=me bread that/for/because/then/when if fullness_of hand_of flour in/on/at/with,jar and,a_little oil in/on/at/with,jug and=wow=I gathering a_couple_of sticks and,go and,prepare,it to=me and,for,son,my and,eat,it and,die )

It is implied that they will die because they do not have anymore food. Alternate translation: “that we may eat. Afterwards, we will starve to death”

BI 1Ki 17:12 ©