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1 Kings 18:37

What does 1 Kings 18:37 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 18:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Give me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou <FI>art<Fi> Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Dear me, O Lord, hear me: that this people may learn that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart again.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Answer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah artGod, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.

Context

v.36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

v.37This passage

v.38Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 18:24

    And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

  • Jeremiah 31:18

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

  • 1 Kings 18:29

    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.

  • Daniel 9:17

    Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:19

    And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

  • Luke 1:16

    And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.

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