1 Kings 18:11 (YLT)

Passage

and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:9 And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab--to put me to death?

1 Kings 18:10 Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;

1 Kings 18:11 and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

1 Kings 18:12 and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

1 Kings 18:13 `Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "saying", "lord", and "elijah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Jehovah thy God liveth if there is..." into verse 12's "and it hath been I go from...", so "thou" and "saying" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.