 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 lehte
...hear U8. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altarwhich was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either be is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 lehte
...PanJ Hence too, the peculiar force of the derision with which Elijah addressed the priests of Baal : ' And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.'2 Accordingly we read that these priests did not despair... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 562 lehte
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." . Here was no violation of truth, in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 278 lehte
...Baal to prove the truth of their deity, " mocked them, and said : Cry aloud, for he is a god : cither he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he s'eepetu, and must he awaked." . Exclamations and Irony are sometimes united: as in Cicero's oration... | |
 | Belinda Enoma - 2003 - 190 lehte
...did any fire appear. The prophet of God even mocked them and urged them to try harder! And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened."... | |
 | Douglas Wilson - 2003 - 130 lehte
...prestigious cultural elites, full of idolatrous seriousness and respectability and middle class decency — "Elijah mocked them and said, 'Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened'"... | |
 | L. David Harris - 2004 - 398 lehte
...cut themselves, and many other strange things to invoke a response from Baal, nothing at all happed. "And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." I Kings 18:27. After a while, they prophesied that there was no answer... | |
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - 2004 - 386 lehte
...angels, directed by God, thwarted his desired actions. At midday Elijah chided these false prophets. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. and must be awaked. 1 Kings 1 8:27 When at last the prophets of Baal admitted defeat, the... | |
 | Northrop Frye, Jay Macpherson - 2004 - 492 lehte
...absolutely cloudless sky. And Elijah makes fun of them in the most approved charitable manner in verse 27: "And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked." "Pursuing" is a euphemism which means, perhaps he is... | |
 | E. Keith Howick - 2004 - 326 lehte
...happened. Elijah observed their antics throughout the day, and finally he mocked the false prophets saying, "Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened." The false prophets worked all the harder, even cutting themselves... | |
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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. 
