1 Kings 18:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

Isaiah 44:17

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Jeremiah 47:5

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Leviticus 19:28

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Micah 6:7

will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or 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 one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Mark 5:5

And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

Mark 9:22

And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.

Deuteronomy 14:1

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.