1 Kings 18:5 “Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and…”

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

World English Bible

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”

American Standard Version

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Ahab saide vnto Obadiah, Goe into the land, vnto all the fountaines of water, and vnto all the riuers, if so be that we may finde grasse to saue the horses and the mules aliue, lest we depriue the lande of the beastes.

Darby Translation

and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of [our] beasts.

Young's Literal Translation

and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, 'Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.'

Bible in Basic English

And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.

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Cross references

“grass”

Joel 1:18 Psalm 104:14 Joel 2:22 Habakkuk 3:17 Romans 8:20–22 Jeremiah 14:5

Joel 1:18 · BSB

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Psalm 104:14 · BSB

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

Joel 2:22 · BSB

Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

Habakkuk 3:17 · BSB

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

Romans 8:20–22 · BSB

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

Jeremiah 14:5 · BSB

Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

6So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

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