1 Kings 18:29
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
28 So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
- KJV
- And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
- WEB
- When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
- ASV
- And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the [evening] oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when midday was past, that they prophesied until the [time] of the offering up of the oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any that answered, nor any attention.
- BLB
- And when was past the noon they prophesied until the going up of the sacrifice, and [there was] no voice, and no one answered, and no one paid attention.
- ÅB
- Da det led over middag, raste de til bortimot den tid matofferet blir frembåret; men det hørtes ingen røst, og det var ikke noen som svarte, og ikke noen som aktet på dem.
- OTB
- Da det var gått middag, raste de til tiden for kveldsofferet; men det var ingen stemme, ingen som svarte, og ingen som brydde seg.
- B1930
- Da det led over middag, raste de til bortimot den tid matofferet blir frembåret; men det hørtes ingen røst, og det var ikke nogen som svarte, og ikke nogen som aktet på dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 22:10
Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
Read in contextExodus 29:39
Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:4–5
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
Read in context1 Samuel 18:10
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
Read in contextGalatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:8–9
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
Read in contextActs 16:16–17
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:6–9
“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
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