1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

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WEBBE

She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

BSB

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

KJV

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

ASV

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!

BBE

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

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וַתֹּאמֶר va·to·mer and she said H559 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אֵלִיָּהוּ 'e·li·ya·hu Elijah H452 מַה־ mah- what H4100 לִּי li [is] to me H9030 וָלָךְ va·lakh and to (the) you H9032 אִישׁ 'ish O man of H376 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 בָּאתָ ba·ta you have come H935 אֵלַי 'e·lai to me H413 לְהַזְכִּיר le·haz·kir to bring to remembrance H2142 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֲוֹנִי 'a·vo·ni iniquity my H5771 וּלְהָמִית u·le·ha·mit and to put to death H4191 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 בְּנִי be·ni son my H1121

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 17–24

Neither faith nor obedience shut out afflictions and death. The child being dead, the mother spake to the prophet, rather to give vent to her sorrow, than in hope of relief. When God removes our comforts from us, he remembers our sins against us, perhaps the sins of our youth, though long since past. When God remembers our sins against us, he designs to teach us to remember them against ourselves, and to repent of them. Elijah's prayer was doubtless directed by the Holy Spirit. The child revived. See the power of prayer, and the power of Him who hears prayer.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.