James 5:17

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

17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed 5:17 Lit with prayerearnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed 5:17 Lit with prayer, an idiom of emphasis derived from Hebrew.intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. [1 Kin 17:1]

17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

17Elijah was a human being, just as we are. He prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain. And it didn’t rain on the land for three and a half years.