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Berean Standard Bible

“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?””

1 Kings 19:9

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After a forty-day journey, Elijah reaches Mount Horeb, the mountain where God once met Moses, and spends the night in a cave.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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?”

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y allí se metió en una cueva, donde tuvo la noche. Y fué á él palabra de Jehová, el cual le dijo: ¿Qué haces aquí, Elías?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Al llegar allí, se metió en una cueva, para pasar la noche. El Señor se le aparece a Elías Pero el Señor le dijo: ―¿Qué haces aquí, Elías?

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