And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you. Context Elijah Flees Jezebel
1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and with how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. 6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you. 8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. Parallel Verses American Standard Version And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.
Darby Bible Translation And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
King James Bible And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
Young's Literal Translation And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, 'Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'
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