1 Kings 18:27
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.
KJV
Cumque esset jam meridies, illudebat illis Elias, dicens : Clamate voce majore : deus enim est, et forsitan loquitur, aut in diversorio est, aut in itinere, aut certe dormit, ut excitetur.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο μεσημβρία καὶ ἐμυκτήρισεν αὐτοὺς Ἠλειοὺ ὁ Θεσβείτης καὶ εἶπεν Ἐπικαλεῖσθε ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, ὅτι θεὸς ἐστιν, ὅτι ἀδολεσχία αὐτῷ ἐστιν, καὶ ἅμα μή ποτε χρηματίζει αὐτός, ἢ μή ποτε καθεύδει αὐτός, καὶ ἐξαναστήσεται.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֨י בַֽ/צָּהֳרַ֜יִם וַ/יְהַתֵּ֧ל בָּ/הֶ֣ם אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ קִרְא֤וּ בְ/קוֹל גָּדוֹל֙ כִּֽי אֱלֹהִ֣ים ה֔וּא כִּ֣י שִׂ֧יחַ וְ/כִֽי שִׂ֛יג ל֖/וֹ וְ/כִֽי דֶ֣רֶךְ ל֑/וֹ אוּלַ֛י יָשֵׁ֥ן ה֖וּא וְ/יִקָֽץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2766But Jesus does not give us a formula to repeat mechanically.14 As in every vocal prayer, it is through the Word of God that the Holy Spirit teaches the children of God to pray to their Father. Jesus not only gives us the words of our filial prayer; at the same time he gives us the Spirit by whom these words become in us "spirit and life."15 Even more, the proof and possibility …
Cross-references
- Deut 18:20 — But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
- Isa 41:23 — Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
- Mark 4:38 — And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
- Ps 78:65 — Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
- Ps 121:4 — Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
- Ps 145:18 — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.