1 Kings 18:14

14 And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”

1 Kings 18:14 in Other Translations

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

14 And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”’; and he will kill me. ”

14 And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”’ Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me.”

14 And now you're telling me to draw attention to myself by announcing to my master, 'Elijah's been found.' Why, he'll kill me for sure."

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]; and he will slay me.

14 Now you say that I should tell my master that Elijah is here. He will kill me."

14 Now you say, 'Go tell your lord, "Elijah is here!" ' He will kill me!"

14 And now you are telling me to go to my master Ahab. You want me to say to him, 'Elijah is here.' He'll kill me!"

1 Kings 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:14

And now thou sayest, go tell my lord, behold, Elijah [is
here]: and he shall slay me.
] That is, should he carry such a message to him, and Elijah should be removed elsewhere, and not to be found.

1 Kings 18:14 In-Context

12 I don’t know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the LORD since my youth.

13 Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.

14 And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”

15 Elijah said, “As the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.