¹⁶ But he said, ^(A)“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, ^(B)I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

Elijah Predicts a Drought

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^(A)Tishbe^[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^(B)“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^(C)before whom I stand, ^(D)there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”