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The LORD Speaks to Elijah at Horeb

1 Kings 19:12

In 11 translations

BSB
After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
KJV
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
WEB
After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
ASV
and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
LSV
and after the shaking [is] a fire, [but] YHWH [is] not in the fire; and after the fire [is] a voice [like] a small whisper;
YLT
and after the shaking a fire: — not in the fire [is] Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;
DBY
And after the earthquake, a fire: Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire, a soft gentle voice.
DRC
And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a whistling of a gentle air.
GNV
And after the earthquake came fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire came a still and soft voyce.
JPS
and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
LXXE
and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַחַ֤ר הָרַ֨עַשׁ֙ אֵ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בָאֵ֖שׁ יְהוָ֑ה וְאַחַ֣ר הָאֵ֔שׁ ק֖וֹל דְּמָמָ֥ה דַקָּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ μετὰ τὸν συσσεισμὸν πῦρ, οὐκ ἐν τῷ πυρὶ Κύριος· καὶ μετὰ τὸ πῦρ φωνὴ αὔρας λεπτῆς.

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👤 God◆ Prophecies of Elijah

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 4:16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
  • Zechariah 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Deuteronomy 4:33Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
  • Job 33:7Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
  • Deuteronomy 4:11–12You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but…
  • Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  • Exodus 3:2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
  • Genesis 15:17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
  • Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
  • Acts 2:2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
  • Acts 2:36–37Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!” When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles,…
  • 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
  • 1 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
  • 2 Kings 1:10Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

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