1 Kings 18:28 Parallel Translations

So they shouted louder. They also cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. (This is what their ritual called for.)(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

ASV:

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

BBE:

So they gave loud cries, cutting themselves with knives and swords, as was their way, till the blood came streaming out all over them.

DBY:

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.

ERV:

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

JPS:

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

WBS:

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

WEB:

They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

YLT:

And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood is on them;

1 Kings 18:28 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 14:1 "You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

18:28 Cut themselves - Mingling their own blood with their sacrifices; as knowing by experience, that nothing was more acceptable to their Baal (who was indeed the devil) than human blood; and hoping thereby to move their god to help them. And this indeed was the practice of divers Heathens in the worship of their false gods.

MHC:

18:21-40 Many of the people wavered in their judgment, and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the self-existent, supreme God, the Creator, Governor, and Judge of the world, and to follow him alone. It is dangerous to halt between the service of God and the service of sin, the dominion of Christ and the dominion of our lusts. If Jesus be the only Saviour, let us cleave to him alone for every thing; if the Bible be the world of God, let us reverence and receive the whole of it, and submit our understanding to the Divine teaching it contains. Elijah proposed to bring the matter to a trial. Baal had all the outward advantages, but the event encourages all God's witnesses and advocates never to fear the face of man. The God that answers by fire, let him be God: the atonement was to be made by sacrifice, before the judgment could be removed in mercy. The God therefore that has power to pardon sin, and to signify it by consuming the sin-offering, must needs be the God that can relieve from the calamity. God never required his worshippers to honour him in the manner of the worshippers of Baal; but the service of the devil, though sometimes it pleases and pampers the body, yet, in other things, really is cruel to it, as in envy and drunkenness. God requires that we mortify our lusts and corruptions; but bodily penances and severities are no pleasure to him. Who has required these things at your hands? A few words uttered in assured faith, and with fervent affection for the glory of God, and love to the souls of men, or thirstings after the Lord's image and his favour, form the effectual, fervent prayer of the righteous man, which availeth much. Elijah sought not his own glory, but that of God, for the good of the people. The people are all agreed, convinced, and satisfied; Jehovah, he is the God. Some, we hope, had their hearts turned, but most of them were convinced only, not converted. Blessed are they that have not seen what these saw, yet have believed, and have been wrought upon by it, more than they that saw it.

CONC:

Aloud Blood Cried Cries Custom Cut Cutting Flowed Flowing Gushed Knives Lances Lancets Loud Louder Manner Ordinance Slashed Spears Streaming Swords Themselves Till Voice

Aloud Blood Cried Cries Custom Cut Flowing Gushed Knives Louder Manner Ordinance Shouted Slashed Spears Streaming Swords Themselves Voice Way

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