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OET (OET-RV) In the third year of drought, Yahweh told Eliyyah to go and show himself to King Ahav and tell him that it would soon rain,
OET-LV and_ days _he/it_was many and_message_of YHWH it_came to ʼĒliyyāh in/on/at/with_year the_third to_say go present_yourself to ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_send rain on the_surface_of the_soil.
UHB וַיְהִי֙ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לֵ֚ךְ הֵרָאֵ֣ה אֶל־אַחְאָ֔ב וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה מָטָ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ ‡
(vayəhī yāmim rabim ūdəⱱar-yhwh hāyāh ʼel-ʼēliyyāhū bashshānāh hashshəlīshit lēʼmor lēk hērāʼēh ʼel-ʼaḩʼāⱱ vəʼettənāh māţār ˊal-pənēy hāʼₐdāmāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs, 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).
BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο μεθʼ ἡμέρας πολλὰς, καὶ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς Ἠλιοὺ ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ τρίτῳ, λέγων, πορεύθητι, καὶ ὄφθητι τῷ Ἀχαὰβ, καὶ δώσω ὑετὸν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς.
(Kai egeneto methʼ haʸmeras pollas, kai ɽaʸma Kuriou egeneto pros Aʸliou en tōi eniautōi tōi tritōi, legōn, poreuthaʸti, kai ofthaʸti tōi Aⱪaʼab, kai dōsō hueton epi prosōpon taʸs gaʸs. )
BrTr And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth.
ULT And it was many days and the word of Yahweh was to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, appear to Ahab and I will give rain on the face of the ground.”
UST For almost three years there was no rain in Samaria. Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: “Go and meet with King Ahab and tell him that I will soon send rain.”
BSB After a long time, in the third year [of the drought],[fn] the word of the LORD came to Elijah “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
18:1 Literally And the days were many, and in the third year,
MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)
OEB Now a long time after this the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, ‘Go, show thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.’
WEBBE After many days, the LORD’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
LSV And the days are many, and the word of YHWH has been to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, appear to Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground”;
FBV Sometime later, during the third year, a message from the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and appear before Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”
T4T For almost three years there was no rain in Samaria. Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: “Go and meet with King Ahab and tell him that I will soon send rain.”
LEB No LEB 1 KI book available
BBE Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.
Moff No Moff 1 KI book available
JPS And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying: 'Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.'
ASV And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
DRA After many days the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.
YLT And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, 'Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;'
Drby And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.
RV And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
(And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself/yourself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. )
SLT And it will be many days, and the word of Jehovah was to Elijah in the third year, saying. Go, be seen to Ahab; and I will give rain upon the face of the earth.
Wbstr And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
KJB-1769 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
(And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself/yourself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. )
KJB-1611 ¶ And it came to passe after many daies, that the word of the LORD came to Eliiah in the third yeere, saying, Goe shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I will send raine vpon the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps No Bshps 1 KI book available
Gnva After many dayes, the worde of the Lord came to Eliiah, in the third yeere, saying, Goe, shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I will sende rayne vpon the earth.
(After many days, the word of the Lord came to Eliyah, in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself/yourself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 KI book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 KI book available
Luth No Luth 1 KI book available
ClVg Post dies multos factum est verbum Domini ad Eliam, in anno tertio, dicens: Vade, et ostende te Achab, ut dem pluviam super faciem terræ.
(After days muchs done it_is the_word/saying Master to Eliam, in/into/on in_the_year third, saying: Go, and show you(sg) Achab, as dem rain over face of_the_earth/land. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 KI book available
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
the word of Yahweh came
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was days many and,word_of YHWH it_became to/towards ʼĒliyyāh in/on/at/with,year the,third to=say go present to/towards ʼAḩʼāⱱ and,send rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=soil )
This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated this in [1 Kings 6:11](../06/11.md). Alternate translation: “Yahweh spoke his word”
send rain on the land
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was days many and,word_of YHWH it_became to/towards ʼĒliyyāh in/on/at/with,year the,third to=say go present to/towards ʼAḩʼāⱱ and,send rain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of the=soil )
Alternate translation: “cause rain to fall on the land”