1 Kings 19:9 “There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the L…”

1 Kings 19:9

There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

World English Bible

He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, the LORD’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

American Standard Version

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Geneva Bible 1599

And there he entred into a caue, and lodged there: and beholde, the Lord spake to him, and said vnto him, What doest thou here, Eliiah?

Darby Translation

And there he went into a cave, and lodged there. And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Young's Literal Translation

And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, and saith to him, 'What — to thee, here, Elijah?'

Bible in Basic English

And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

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Cross references

“unto a cave”

Hebrews 11:38 Jeremiah 9:2 Exodus 33:21 Exodus 33:22

Hebrews 11:38 · BSB

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

Jeremiah 9:2 · BSB

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Exodus 33:21 · BSB

The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Exodus 33:22 · BSB

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

“What doest thou”

Genesis 3:9 1 Kings 19:13 Genesis 16:8 Jeremiah 2:18 Jonah 1:3 Jonah 1:4

Genesis 3:9 · BSB

But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

1 Kings 19:13 · BSB

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Genesis 16:8 · BSB

“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

Jeremiah 2:18 · BSB

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

Jonah 1:3 · BSB

Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence…

Jonah 1:4 · BSB

Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

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

In context

8So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

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