1 Kings 18:27 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:27

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!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.

KJV

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

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Commentary

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On this verse

Albert Barnes

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The object of Elijah’s irony was two-fold; (1) to stimulate the priests to greater exertions, and so to make their failure more complete, and (2) to suggest to the people that such failure would prove absolutely that Baal was no God.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In vain did they continue invoking their senseless deity from morning till noon, and from noon till evening, uttering the most piercing cries, using the most frantic gesticulations, and mingling their blood with the sacrifice. Elijah exposed their folly and imposture with the severest irony and, as the day was far advanced, commenced his operations.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֨י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם	va.tzo.ho.Ra.yim	at the noontide<s>	H6672 →
וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל	vay.ha.Tel	and he mocked	H2048 →
בָּהֶ֣ם	ba.Hem	<in> them
אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
קִרְא֤וּ	kir.'U	call out	H7121 →
בְקוֹל־	ve.kol-	with a voice	H6963 →
גָּדוֹל֙	ga.dOl	great	H1419 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים	'E.lo.Him	[is] a god	H430 →
ה֔וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
שִׂ֧יחַ	Si.ach	musing	H7879 →
וְכִֽי־	ve.khi-	and for	H3588 →
שִׂ֛יג	sig	a going away	H7873 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	[belongs] to him
וְכִֽי־	ve.khi-	and for	H3588 →
דֶ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	a journey	H1870 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	[belongs] to him
אוּלַ֛י	'u.Lai	perhaps	H194 →
יָשֵׁ֥ן	ya.Shen	[is] sleeping	H3463 →
ה֖וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
וְיִקָֽץ׃	ve.yi.Katz	so he may awake	H3364 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 7:9
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Galatians 2:21
  I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
- Jeremiah 44:16–17
  “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Isaiah 24:5
  The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
- Matthew 15:3–6
  Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Through
Isaiah 41:23
Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
leads to
- John 13:19
  I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.
- Isaiah 42:9
  Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Through
Psalms 44:23
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
leads to
- Psalms 78:65
  Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.