At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, ‘Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up! ’
1 Kings 18:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them. Common English Bible 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 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 So they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till they were all covered with blood. |
At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, ‘Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up! ’
He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it, ‘Save me, for you are my god.’
Baldness is coming to Gaza; Ashkelon will become silent. Remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin?
If someone asks him, “What are these wounds on your chest?” #– #then he will answer, “I received the wounds in the house of my friends.”
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
‘And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.’
‘You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,