Then the Lord’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
2 Kings 1:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Elijah responded, ‘If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.’ So a divine fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Elijah answered, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. American Standard Version (1901) And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Common English Bible Elijah said to them, “If I really am a man of God, may fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your fifty soldiers.” Then God’s fire came down from the sky and burned up the commander and his fifty soldiers. Catholic Public Domain Version Responding, Elijah said, "If I am a man of God, let fire from heaven descend and devour you and your fifty." And fire from heaven descended and devoured him and his fifty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Elias answering said: If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And fire came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. |
Then the Lord’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
So the king sent another captain with his fifty men to Elijah. He took in the situation and announced, ‘Man of God, this is what the king says: “Come down immediately! ” ’
Then the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. The third captain went up and fell on his knees in front of Elijah and begged him, ‘Man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious to you.
He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, ‘God’s fire fell from heaven. It burned the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ’
Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.