International Standard Version Elijah was a person just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and rain never came to the land for three years and six months.
American Standard Version Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
Young's Literal Translation Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray -- not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;
