Then Elijah put the wood on the altar. He cut the bull into pieces. He laid the pieces on the wood.
1 Kings 18:34 - Easy To Read Version Then Elijah said, “Fill four jars with water. Pour the water on the pieces of meat and on the wood.” Then Elijah said, “Do it again.” Then he said, “Do it a third time.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Do it the second time; and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time. Common English Bible “Do it a second time!” he said. So they did it a second time. “Do it a third time!” And so they did it a third time. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "Fill four containers with water, and pour it over the holocaust, and over the wood." And again, he said, "Do this a second time." And when they had done it a second time, he said, "Do it also a third time." And they did so a third time. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: Fill four buckets with water, and pour it upon the burnt-offering, and upon the wood. And again he said: Do the same the second time. And when they had done it the second time, he said: Do the same also the third time. And they did so the third time. |
Then Elijah put the wood on the altar. He cut the bull into pieces. He laid the pieces on the wood.
But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.
We are trying to do what is right. We want to do what the Lord accepts as right and also what people think is right.