1 Kings 18:44

World English Bible

On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.”
He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’ ”

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1 Kings 18:44 in other translations

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

1 Kings 18:44 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 18:44 in context

  1. 42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
  2. 43He said to his servant, “Go up now, and look toward the sea.”
    He went up, and looked, and said, “There is nothing.”
    He said, “Go again” seven times.
  3. 44On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.”
    He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’ ”
  4. 45In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
  5. 46Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.