James 5:17

New International Version

¹⁷Elijah was a human being, even as we are.^(A) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.^(B)

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James 5:17

English Standard Version

¹⁷Elijah was a man ^(A)with a nature like ours, and ^(B)he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for ^(C)three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

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James 5:17

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷Elijah was ^(A)a man with a nature like ours, and ^(B)he prayed ^[a]earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for ^(C)three years and six months.

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James 5:17 Lit with prayer

James 5:17

New King James Version

¹⁷Elijah was a man ^(A)with a nature like ours, and ^(B)he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

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James 5:17

King James Version

¹⁷Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

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