17 Elijah was a human being[a] with the same nature as us, and he prayed fervently[b] for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:17 Literally “man,” but in a generic sense; the emphasis is not on Elijah’s masculine gender but his shared humanity
  2. James 5:17 Literally “he prayed with prayer”