1 Kings 17:1-6

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

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.

Job 38:41

38:41 Who prepares prey for the raven,

when its young cry out to God

and wander about ⁷  for lack of food?

Psalms 145:15-16

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 

Psalms 147:9

147:9 He gives food to the animals,

and to the young ravens when they chirp. ¹¹ 

Mark 6:26

6:26 Although it grieved the king deeply, ¹²  he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

[17:1]  ¹ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ² tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[17:2]  ³ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.”

[17:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “to provide for you.”

[17:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “So he went and did.”

[38:41]  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.”

[145:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “the eyes of all wait for you.”

[145:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and you give to them their food in its season” (see Ps 104:27).

[145:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[with what they] desire.”

[147:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “which cry out.”

[6:26]  ¹² tn Grk “and being deeply grieved, the king did not want.”