1 Kings 18:35
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
1 Kings 18:35 in other translations
| BSB | So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. |
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| WEB | The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water. |
| ASV | And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. |
| YLT | and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water. |
| DARBY | And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. |
| BBE | And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full. |
| Webster | And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. |
What does 1 Kings 18:35 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:21-40
21-40. Elijah said unto all the people, How long halt ye?--They had long been attempting to conjoin the service of God with that of Baal. It was an impracticable union and the people were so struck with a sense of their own folly, or dread of the king's displeasure, that they "answered not a word." Elijah proposed to decide for them the controversy between God and Baal by an appeal, not to the authority of the law…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 18:21-40
Many of the people wavered in their judgment, and varied in their practice. Elijah called upon them to determine whether Jehovah or Baal was the self-existent, supreme God, the Creator, Governor, and Judge of the world, and to follow him alone. It is dangerous to halt between the service of God and the service of sin, the dominion of Christ and the dominion of our lusts. If Jesus be the only Saviour, let us cleave…
1 Kings 18:35 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 18:35
- 1 Kings 18:32
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
- 1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
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Context
- 1 Kings 18:34
And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
- 1 Kings 18:35
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
- 1 Kings 18:36
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, 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.
1 Kings 18:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De manera que las aguas corrían alrededor del altar; y había también henchido de agua la reguera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’eau coula autour de l’autel; et il remplit d’eau aussi le fossé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Wasser lief rings um den Altar; und auch den Graben füllte er mit Wasser. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et currebant aquæ circum altare, et fossa aquæductus repleta est. |