1 Kings 17:20

He cried to Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”

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WEBBE

He cried to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”

BSB

Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

KJV

And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

ASV

And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

BBE

And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

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וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called out H7121 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וַיֹּאמַר vai·yo·mar and he said H559 יְהוָה yah·weh O Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהָי 'e·lo·hai God my H430 הֲגַם ha·gam ¿ also H1571 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הָאַלְמָנָה ha·'al·ma·nah the widow H490 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- whom H834 אֲנִי 'a·ni I H589 מִתְגּוֹרֵר mit·go·rer [am] staying as a sojourner H1481 עִמָּהּ 'i·mah with her H5973 הֲרֵעוֹתָ ha·re·'o·ta have you done harm H7489 לְהָמִית le·ha·mit by putting to death H4191 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 בְּנָהּ be·nah son her 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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