17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 1 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 2 17:2 The Lord told him: 3 17:3 “Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 17:4 Drink from the stream; I have already told 4 the ravens to bring you food 5 there.” 17:5 So he did 6 as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. 17:6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.
38:41 Who prepares prey for the raven,
when its young cry out to God
and wander about 7 for lack of food?
145:15 Everything looks to you in anticipation, 8
and you provide them with food on a regular basis. 9
145:16 You open your hand,
and fill every living thing with the food they desire. 10
147:9 He gives food to the animals,
and to the young ravens when they chirp. 11
1 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
2 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
3 tn Heb “and the word of the
4 tn Heb “commanded.”
5 tn Heb “to provide for you.”
6 tn Heb “So he went and did.”
7 tn The verse is difficult, making some suspect that a line has dropped out. The little birds in the nest hardly go wandering about looking for food. Dhorme suggest “and stagger for lack of food.”
8 tn Heb “the eyes of all wait for you.”
9 tn Heb “and you give to them their food in its season” (see Ps 104:27).
10 tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”
11 tn Heb “which cry out.”
12 tn Grk “and being deeply grieved, the king did not want.”