1 Kings 18:6
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
In other versions
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
ASV
So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.
BBE
And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
DBY
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
WEB
And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;
YLT
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
ENG
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
WBT
So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
BSB
In context
4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
8And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Ahab
- Obadiah