James 5:17

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Modern

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.

Traditional

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Literal

Elijah was a man of like nature to us, and with prayer he prayed for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months.

Latin

Elias homo erat similis nobis passibilis: et oratione oravit ut non plueret super terram, et non pluit annos tres, et menses sex.

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English

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.

Notes

James 5:17

Elijah … prayed earnestly: See 1 Kings 17:1; 18:41–46.
three and a half years (see 1 Kings 18:1; Luke 4:25) is an approximate time, representing half of seven, which symbolizes a period of judgment (compare Daniel 12:7; Revelation 11:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah James, Brother of Jesus Complaints God Works through Prayer The Coming of the Lord as Judge

Related verses

1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Luke 4:25
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
1 Kings 18:1
After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
Revelation 11:6
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
Acts 14:15
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
Romans 11:2
God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
Acts 10:26
But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

People

Elijah: A prophet during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah

Glossary

Ahab (King) Elijah Letter of James

Topics

Answers To Prayer: Elijah Blessing: Temporal Blessings, Prayer For: Elijah Elijah: Miracles of Causes Rain After Seven Years of Drought Elijah: The Tishbite, a Gileadite and Prophet, Called Elias in the King James Version of the Nt: Piety of Intercession of Man with God Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Elijah: Drought Caused Prayer: Answered Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain Prayer: should be offered Up with Earnestness Rain: Withheld for Three Years and Six Months in the Days of Elijah Rain: Withheld, in Answer to Prayer

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