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Elijah on Mount Carmel

1 Kings 18:28

In 11 translations

BSB
So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
KJV
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.the blood…: Heb. poured out blood upon them
WEB
They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
ASV
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
LSV
And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, until a flowing of blood [is] 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;
DBY
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.
DRC
So they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till they were all covered with blood.
GNV
And they cryed loude, and cut them selues as their maner was, with kniues and launcers, till the blood gushed out vpon them.
JPS
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
LXXE
And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.Gr. shedding of blood upon them.

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WLC
וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ בְּק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם בַּחֲרָב֖וֹת וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים עַד־שְׁפָךְ־דָּ֖ם עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπεκαλοῦντο ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, καὶ κατετέμνοντο κατὰ τὸν ἐθισμὸν αὐτῶν ἐν μαχαίραις καὶ σειρομάσταις ἕως ἐκχύσεως αἵματος ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 19:28You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  • Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
  • Mark 5:5Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
  • Micah 6:7Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  • Mark 9:22“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

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