1 Kings 18:8

8 “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”

1 Kings 18:8 in Other Translations

8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

8 And he answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'"

8 “Yes, it is,” Elijah replied. “Now go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’”

8 "Yes," said Elijah, "the real me. Now go and tell your boss, 'I've seen Elijah.'"

8 "It is I," he replied. "Go tell your lord, 'Elijah is here!' "

1 Kings 18:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:8

And he answered him, I am
He did not desire to be concealed, his orders were to show and make himself known to Ahab, and Obadiah was one of his domestic servants: go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here;
in such a place, ready to face him at any time. Elijah, by calling Ahab the lord of Obadiah, as he tacitly reproves him for calling him lord, shows reverence to Ahab as a king, and yet that he was fearless of him, as he was the prophet and ambassador of the Lord of hosts to him.

1 Kings 18:8 In-Context

6 So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.

7 As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”

8 “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’ ”

9 “What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?

10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.