1 Kings 18 · Verse 39

1 Kings 18:39

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
1 Kings 18:39, King James Version

1 Kings 18:39 in other translations

BSBWhen all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
WEBWhen all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God!”
ASVAnd when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.
YLTAnd all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, ‘Jehovah, He is the God, Jehovah, He is the God.'
DARBYAnd all the people saw it, and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God! Jehovah, he is God!
BBEAnd when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.
WebsterAnd when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

What does 1 Kings 18:39 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 39 Fell on their faces - Struck with awe and reverence at the sight of this incontestable miracle. And they said - We should translate the words thus: Jehovah, He is the God! Jehovah, He is the God! Baal is not the God; Jehovah alone is the God of Israel. As our term Lord is very equivocal, we should every where insert the original word יהוה, which we should write Yeve or Yeheveh, or Yahvah or Yehueh, or, according to the points, Yehovah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 18:39 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.

וַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'and it sawH7200
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּvai.yi.pe.Luand they fellH5307
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פְּנֵיהֶ֑םpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him[is] <the> GodH430
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931
הָאֱלֹהִֽים\׃ha.'E.lo.Him[is] <the> GodH430

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

Cross references for 1 Kings 18:39

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:3

    And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • 1 Kings 18:21

    And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

  • Judges 13:20

    For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

  • Acts 4:16

    Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

  • John 5:35

    He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

  • Acts 2:37

    Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they fell.
Jud 13:20; 1Ch 21:16; 2Ch 7:3
The Lord.
21,24; Joh 5:35; Ac 2:37; 4:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 18:39

    And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

  • 1 Kings 18:40

    And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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1 Kings 18:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y viéndolo todo el pueblo, cayeron sobre sus rostros, y dijeron: ¡Jehová es el Dios! ¡Jehová es el Dios!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tout le peuple le vit; et ils tombèrent sur leurs faces, et dirent: L’ Éternel, c’est lui qui est Dieu! L’ Éternel, c’est lui qui est Dieu!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als das ganze Volk es sah, da fielen sie auf ihr Angesicht und sprachen: Jehova, er ist Gott! Jehova, er ist Gott! -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod cum vidisset omnis populus, cecidit in faciem suam, et ait: Dominus ipse est Deus, Dominus ipse est Deus.