1 Kings 18:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ Then they cried aloud, and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with knives and lances until the blood gushed out upon them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

Common English Bible

²⁸ So the prophets of Baal cried with a louder voice and cut themselves with swords and knives as was their custom. Their blood flowed all over them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ Then they cried out with a loud voice, and they cut themselves, in accord with their ritual, with knives and lancets, until they were entirely covered in blood.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ So they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till they were all covered with blood.

1 Kings 18:28 Cross References

1 Kings 18:27

At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

Isaiah 44:17

The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god!”

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is silenced. O remnant of Anakim! How long will you gash yourselves?

Leviticus 19:28

You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

Zechariah 13:6

And if anyone asks them, “What are these wounds on your chest?” the answer will be “The wounds I received in the house of my friends.”

Mark 5:5

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always howling and bruising himself with stones.

Mark 9:22

It has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, help us! Have compassion on us!”

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.