1 Kings 17:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.

New Living Translation
So Elijah did as the LORD told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.

English Standard Version
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.

Berean Study Bible
So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

New American Standard Bible
So he went and did everything according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

NASB 1995
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

NASB 1977
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

Amplified Bible
So he went and did in accordance with the word of the LORD; he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

Christian Standard Bible
So he proceeded to do what the LORD commanded. Elijah left and lived at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he did what the LORD commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
Elijah obeyed the LORD and went to live near Cherith Creek.

Good News Translation
Elijah obeyed the LORD's command, and went and stayed by Cherith Brook.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Elijah left and did what the word of the LORD [had told him]. He went to live by the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.

International Standard Version
So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do—he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

NET Bible
So he did as the LORD told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

New King James Version
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.

King James 2000 Bible
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan.

New Heart English Bible
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; for he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, that is near the Jordan.

World English Bible
So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

American King James Version
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelled by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

American Standard Version
So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

A Faithful Version
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, before Jordan.

Darby Bible Translation
And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

English Revised Version
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

Webster's Bible Translation
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So he went & did according vnto the word of the Lord: for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer against Iorden.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And so he went, and did according vnto the word of the Lorde: for he went, and dwelt by the brooke Cherith that is before Iordane.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He departed, and dyd acordinge to the worde of the LORDE, and wente his waye, and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith, which is ouer agaynst Iordane.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he goes and does according to the word of YHWH, indeed, he goes and dwells by the Brook of Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,

Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will go and do according to the word of Jehovah: and he will go and dwell by the torrent Cherith which is upon the face of Jordan.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord: and going, he dwelt by the torrent Carith, which is over against the Jordan.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, he went and acted in accord with the word of the Lord. And going away, he settled by the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he went on, and he did according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH; and he went on and sat down in the valley of Kerith that is before the Jordan.

Lamsa Bible
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook of Cherith that is before the Jordan.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.
















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