But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
In treuþe Y seie to you, þat many widowis weren in þe daies of Elie, þe prophete, in Israel, whanne heuene was closid thre yeer and sixe monethis, whanne greet hungur was maad in al þe erþe;