1 Kings 18:15 (YLT)

Passage

And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'

Nearby Context

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?

1 Kings 18:14 and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah--and he hath slain me!'

1 Kings 18:15 And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'

1 Kings 18:16 And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth <FI>it<Fi> to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

1 Kings 18:17 and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he--the troubler of Israel?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elijah", "saith", "jehovah", "hosts", "liveth", "before", "stood", and "surely". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elijah" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "and now thou art saying Go say..." into verse 16's "And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab and...", so "elijah" and "saith" 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 "elijah" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.