3 Kings 18:10
As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when all answered: He is not here: he took an oath of every kingdom and nation, because thou wast not found.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vivit Dominus Deus tuus, quia non est gens aut regnum quo non miserit dominus meus te requirens : et respondentibus cunctis : Non est hic : adjuravit regna singula et gentes, eo quod minime reperireris.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ζῇ Κύριος ὁ θεός σου, εἰ ἔστιν ἔθνος ἢ βασιλεία οὗ οὐκ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ κύριός μου ζητεῖν σε, καὶ εἰ εἶπον Οὐκ ἔστιν· καὶ ἐνέπρησεν τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ τὰς χώρας αὐτῆς, ὅτι οὐχ εὕρηκέν σε.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- חַ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם יֶשׁ גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ אֶת הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ וְאֶת הַגּ֔וֹי כִּ֖י לֹ֥א יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה
Haydock's commentary
An oath of every kingdom, adjuring all his neighbours to tell if they knew any thing about Elias. (Haydock)
Achab wished to make him restore rain, or to punish him for the refusal. (Calmet)
How stupid he must have been, not to perceive that God was punishing him! (Haydock)
Elias must have kept himself very retired, not to be discovered at Sarephta, which was so near, (Calmet) and where Jezabel's father reigned. But God could render him invisible, even upon the high road, when he went thither. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.