And he answered him, It is I: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here .

And he answered: I am. Go, and tell thy master: Elias is here.

And he said to him, I am he: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

And he responded to him: "I am. Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here."

And he answered him, I am,.... He did not desire to be concealed, his orders were to show and make himself known to Ahab, and Obadiah was one of his domestic servants:
go tell thy lord, behold, Elijah is here; in such a place, ready to face him at any time. Elijah, by calling Ahab the lord of Obadiah, as he tacitly reproves him for calling him lord, shows reverence to Ahab as a king, and yet that he was fearless of him, as he was the prophet and ambassador of the Lord of hosts to him.

Thy lord - Ahab: whom, though a very wicked man, he owns for Obadiah's Lord and king; thereby instructing us, that the wickedness of kings doth not exempt their subjects from obedience to their lawful commands.