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He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/james/5-17.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/james/5-17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/james/5-17.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/james/1.htm">James</a> > <a href="/gntd/james/5.htm">Chapter 5</a> > Verse 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/5-16.htm" title="James 5:16">◄</a> James 5:17 <a href="../james/5-18.htm" title="James 5:18">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/james/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/james/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/james/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/james/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Elijah was just as human as we are, and for three and a half years his prayers kept the rain from falling. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/james/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Elijah was a human being like us; yet he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the land.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/james/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months.</p><p class="hdg">Elias.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a> And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.</p><p class="hdg">Elijah.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/10-26.htm">Acts 10:26</a> But Peter lifted him up, saying: Arise: I myself also am a man.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/14-15.htm">Acts 14:15</a> And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:</p><p class="hdg">and he.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/11-2.htm">Romans 11:2</a> God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias, how he calleth on God against Israel?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/11-6.htm">Revelation 11:6</a> These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.</p><p class="hdg">earnestly.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a> In truth I say to You, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/james/5.htm">The Prayer of Faith</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl">Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months.</span> <span class="reftext">18</span>And he prayed again. And the heaven gave rain: and the earth brought forth her fruit.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a></span><br />And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/18-1.htm">1 Kings 18:1</a></span><br />After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go, and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a></span><br />In truth I say to You, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../acts/14-15.htm">Acts 14:15</a></span><br />And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/4-18.htm">Affected</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-19.htm">Earnestly</a> <a href="/james/5-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/romans/11-2.htm">Elias</a> <a href="/romans/11-2.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/luke/9-30.htm">Eli'jah</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/colossians/4-12.htm">Fervently</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/acts/18-11.htm">Half</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-23.htm">Months</a> <a href="/james/4-14.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-14.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/james/4-3.htm">Passions</a> <a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/james/5-16.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/james/5-7.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Rained</a> <a href="/acts/19-25.htm">Similar</a> <a href="/acts/27-37.htm">Six</a> <a href="/galatians/2-1.htm">Space</a> <a href="/james/5-8.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/james/4-7.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-23.htm">Three</a> <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Years</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-50.htm">Affected</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">Earnestly</a> <a href="/james/5-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/matthew/11-14.htm">Elias</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">Eli'jah</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-22.htm">Fervently</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/revelation/8-1.htm">Half</a> <a href="/revelation/9-5.htm">Months</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-18.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm">Passions</a> <a href="/james/5-18.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/james/5-18.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/james/5-18.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Rained</a> <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Similar</a> <a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Six</a> <a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Space</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-6.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-13.htm">Subject</a> <a href="/1_john/5-7.htm">Three</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Years</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a and did earnestly earth Elijah for half He it just land like man months nature not on ours prayed rain six that the three us was with would years<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/james/5-17.htm">NT Letters: James 5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature (Ja Jas. 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