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1 Kings 17:21 - Compare All Versions

1 Kings 17:21 NIV (New International Version)

Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

1 Kings 17:21 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this child’s life come into him again.”

1 Kings 17:21 NLT (New Living Translation)

And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child’s life return to him.”

1 Kings 17:21 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times.  He cried out to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, please let this boy’s life come into him again! ”

1 Kings 17:21 KJV (King James Version)

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

1 Kings 17:21 NKJV (New King James Version)

And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.”

1 Kings 17:21-23 MSG (The Message)

Three times he stretched himself out full-length on the boy, praying with all his might, “GOD, my God, put breath back into this boy’s body!” GOD listened to Elijah’s prayer and put breath back into his body—he was alive! Elijah picked the boy up, carried him downstairs from the loft, and gave him to his mother. “Here’s your son,” said Elijah, “alive!”

1 Kings 17:21 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times, and called to the LORD and said, “LORD, my God, please, let this boy’s life return to him.”

1 Kings 17:21 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Then he stretched himself out upon the child three times, and called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, please let this child’s life return to him.”

1 Kings 17:21 NET (New English Translation)

He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the LORD, “O LORD, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”