1 Kings 18 · Verse 37

1 Kings 18:37

Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
1 Kings 18:37, King James Version

1 Kings 18:37 in other translations

BSBAnswer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
WEBHear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
ASVHear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
YLTanswer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou art Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'
DARBYAnswer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
BBEGive me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again.
WebsterHear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

What does 1 Kings 18:37 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…

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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…

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1 Kings 18:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲנֵ֤נִי'a.Ne.nianswer meH6030
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehO YahwehH3068
עֲנֵ֔נִי'a.Ne.nianswer meH6030
וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'Uso they may knowH3045
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him[are] <the> GodH430
וְאַתָּ֛הve.'a.Tahand youH859
הֲסִבֹּ֥תָha.si.Bo.tayou have turned aroundH5437
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לִבָּ֖םli.Bamheart theirH3820
אֲחֹרַנִּֽית\׃'a.cho.ra.NitbackwardsH322

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 18:37

  • Daniel 9:17-19

    Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  • Luke 1:16-17

    And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 36:25-27

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  • Malachi 4:5-6

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

  • 1 Kings 18:24

    And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

  • 1 Kings 18:29

    And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

  • Luke 11:8

    I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 37:17-20

    Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

  • Jeremiah 31:18-19

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:11

    And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

  • Genesis 32:24

    And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear me.
24,29,36; Ge 32:24,26,28; 2Ch 14:11; 32:19,20; Isa 37:17-20
Da 9:17-19; Lu 11:8; Jas 5:16,17
thou hast turned.
Jer 31:18,19; Eze 36:25-27; Mal 4:5,6; Lu 1:16,17

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Context

  • 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 18:37

    Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

  • 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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1 Kings 18:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Respóndeme, Jehová, respóndeme; para que conozca este pueblo que tú, oh Jehová, eres el Dios, y que tú volviste atrás el corazón de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Réponds-moi, Éternel, réponds-moi, et que ce peuple sache que toi, Éternel, tu es Dieu, et que tu as ramené leur cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Antworte mir, Jehova, antwortete mir, damit dieses Volk wisse, daß du, Jehova, Gott bist, und daß du ihr Herz zurückgewendet hast!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Exaudi me, Domine, exaudi me: ut discat populus iste quia tu es Dominus Deus, et tu convertisti cor eorum iterum.