1 Kings 18:28 “So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as w…”

1 Kings 18:28

So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And they cryed loude, and cut them selues as their maner was, with kniues and launcers, till the blood gushed out vpon them.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“cut themselves”

Leviticus 19:28 Deuteronomy 14:1 Mark 5:5 Micah 6:7 Mark 9:22

Leviticus 19:28 · BSB

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 14:1 · BSB

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Mark 5:5 · BSB

Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

Micah 6:7 · BSB

Would 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 · BSB

“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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27At 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!”

29Midday 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.

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