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James 5:17

NETBible	Elijah was a human being¹ like us, and he prayed earnestly² that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
NIV © biblegateway Jam 5:17	Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
NASB © biblegateway Jam 5:17	Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
NLT © biblegateway Jam 5:17	Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for the next three and a half years!
MSG © biblegateway Jam 5:17	Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't--not a drop for three and a half years.
BBE © SABDAweb Jam 5:17	Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jam 5:17	Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
NKJV © biblegateway Jam 5:17	Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
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KJV	Elias <2243> was <2258> (5713) a man <444> subject to like passions as <3663> we are <2254>_, and <2532> he prayed <4336> (5662) earnestly <4335> that it might <1026> (0) not <3361> rain <1026> (5658)_: and <2532> it rained <1026> (5656) not <3756> on <1909> the earth <1093> by the space of three <5140> years <1763> and <2532> six <1803> months <3376>_. {subject...: of the same nature, that is, a fellow mortal} {earnestly: or, in his prayer}
NASB © biblegateway Jam 5:17	Elijah <2243> was a man <444> with a nature <3663> like <3663> ours <1473> , and he prayed <4336> earnestly <4335> that it would not rain <1026> , and it did not rain <1026> on the earth <1093> for three <5140> years <1763> and six <1803> months <3376> .
NET [draft] ITL	Elijah <2243> was <1510> a human being <444> like <3663> us <2254> , and <2532> he prayed <4336> earnestly <4335> that it would <1026> not <3361> rain <1026> and <2532> there was <1026> no <3756> rain <1026> on <1909> the land <1093> for three <5140> years <1763> and <2532> six <1803> months <3376> !
GREEK	hliav <2243> N-NSM anyrwpov <444> N-NSM hn <1510> (5713) V-IXI-3S omoiopayhv <3663> A-NSM hmin <2254> P-1DP kai <2532> CONJ proseuch <4335> N-DSF proshuxato <4336> (5662) V-ADI-3S tou <3588> T-GSN mh <3361> PRT-N brexai <1026> (5658) V-AAN kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3756> PRT-N ebrexen <1026> (5656) V-AAI-3S epi <1909> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1093> N-GSF eniautouv <1763> N-APM treiv <5140> A-APM kai <2532> CONJ mhnav <3376> N-APM ex <1803> A-NUI

NETBible

Elijah was a human being¹ like us, and he prayed earnestly² that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

NET Notes

¹tn Although it is certainly true that Elijah was a “man,” here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") has been translated as “human being” because the emphasis in context is not on Elijah’s masculine gender, but on the common humanity he shared with the author and the readers.

²tn Grk “he prayed with prayer” (using a Hebrew idiom to show intensity).