Verse 20
1 Kings 17:20
Literal Standard Version
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and cries to YHWH and says, “My God (Elohim) YHWH, have You also brought calamity on the widow with whom I am sojourning, to put her son to death?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א אֶל יְהוָ֖ה וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔/י הֲ֠/גַם עַל הָ/אַלְמָנָ֞ה אֲשֶׁר אֲנִ֨י מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר עִמָּ֛/הּ הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ לְ/הָמִ֥ית אֶת בְּנָֽ/הּ
English Translation
And he cried out to the Lord and said, "Lord my God, will You also destroy the widow with whom I dwell by killing her son?"
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