1 Kings 17:23

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”

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WEBBE

Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”

BSB

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

KJV

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

ASV

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

BBE

And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

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וַיִּקַּח vai·yi·kach and he took H3947 אֵלִיָּהוּ 'e·li·ya·hu Elijah H452 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַיֶּלֶד hai·ye·led the lad H3206 וַיֹּרִדֵהוּ vai·yo·ri·de·hu and he brought down him H3381 מִן־ min- from H4480 הָעֲלִיָּה ha·'a·li·yah the upper room H5944 הַבַּיְתָה ha·bay·tah the house towards H1004 וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ vai·yi·te·ne·hu and he gave him H5414 לְאִמּוֹ le·'i·mo to mother his H517 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵלִיָּהוּ 'e·li·ya·hu Elijah H452 רְאִי re·'i see H7200 חַי chai [is] alive H2416 בְּנֵךְ be·nekh son your 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.