1 Kings 18:28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
KJV
Clamabant ergo voce magna, et incidebant se juxta ritum suum cultris et lanceolis, donec perfunderentur sanguine.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπεκαλοῦντο ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, καὶ κατετέμνοντο ἐν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ σειρομάσταις ἕως ἐκχύσεως αἵματος ἐπ’ αὐτούς,
LXX
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
ASV
וַֽ/יִּקְרְאוּ֙ בְּ/ק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל וַ/יִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/ם בַּ/חֲרָב֖וֹת וּ/בָֽ/רְמָחִ֑ים עַד שְׁפָךְ דָּ֖ם עֲלֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 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 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
- Lev 19:28 — Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
- Lev 19:28 — Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
- Mark 5:5 — And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
- Mark 5:5 — And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
- Mark 9:22 — And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
- Mic 6:7 — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?