1 Rois 18:10

10 L'Éternel ton Dieu est vivant! il n'y a point de nation, ni de royaume, où mon maître n'ait envoyé pour te chercher; et comme l'on répondait: Il n'y est point, il faisait jurer le royaume et la nation, qu'on ne pouvait te trouver.

1 Rois 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:10

As the Lord thy God liveth
Which is the form of an oath he thought fit to make, to ascertain the truth of what he was about to say: there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek
thee;
which is either an hyperbolical expression, signifying he had sought for him in many places, and in every place he could think of; or it must be understood either of the ten tribes, which were as so many nations and kingdoms as they had been; or were more in the times of the Canaanites; or of the nations round about, that were in alliance with or tributary to the king of Israel: and when they said, he is not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and
nation that they found thee not;
which he might exact of his own subjects, but could not of other nations, unless they were free to it of themselves; or he might take it of their ambassadors or merchants that came into his land, of whom he inquired, and adjured them to tell him the truth.

1 Rois 18:10 In-Context

8 Et il dit: C'est moi; va, dis à ton maître: Voici Élie!

9 Et Abdias dit: Quel péché ai-je commis que tu livres ton serviteur entre les mains d'Achab, pour me faire mourir?

10 L'Éternel ton Dieu est vivant! il n'y a point de nation, ni de royaume, où mon maître n'ait envoyé pour te chercher; et comme l'on répondait: Il n'y est point, il faisait jurer le royaume et la nation, qu'on ne pouvait te trouver.

11 Et maintenant tu dis: Va, dis à ton maître: Voici Élie!

12 Et il arrivera, quand je serai parti d'avec toi, que l'Esprit de l'Éternel te transportera où je ne saurai point; et j'irai faire mon rapport à Achab; et, ne te trouvant point, il me tuera. Or ton serviteur craint l'Éternel dès sa jeunesse.