Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
KJV
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
ASV
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.