You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God.* All the people answered, *It is well said.*
1 Kings 18:25 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Eliyahu said to the prophets of Ba`al, *Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it. American Standard Version (1901) And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under. Common English Bible So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of these bulls. Prepare it first since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but don’t add fire.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal: "Choose for yourselves one ox, and prepare it first. For you are many. And call on the names of your gods, but do not place fire under it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Elias said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one bullock, and dress it first, because you are many: and call on the names of your gods, but put no fire under. |
You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God.* All the people answered, *It is well said.*
They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Ba`al from morning even until noon, saying, Ba`al, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
Moshe said to Par`oh, *I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only.*
I have seen folly in the prophets of Shomron; they prophesied by Ba`al, and caused my people Yisra'el to err.