²⁵But I tell you of a truth, ^omany widows were ^pin Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up ^qthree years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; ²⁶But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto ^oSarepta, a city of ^ooSidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

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oSee 1 Kin. 17:9.
pComp. ver. 23, 24.
q James 5:17. Comp. 1 Kin. 17:1. & 18:1.
oSee 1 Kin. 17:9.
oo Acts 27:3. See Matt. 15:21.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them except a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent instead to a foreigner—a widow of Zarephath in the land of Sidon.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months while a great famine took place over all the land. And Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.