Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

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.

KJV

Quod cum vidisset omnis populus, cecidit in faciem suam, et ait : Dominus ipse est Deus, Dominus ipse est Deus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔπεσεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπον Ἀληθῶς Κύριος ὁ θεός· αὐτὸς ὁ θεός·

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּרְא֙ כָּל הָ/עָ֔ם וַֽ/יִּפְּל֖וּ עַל פְּנֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְהוָה֙ ה֣וּא הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהוָ֖ה ה֥וּא הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§696Fire. While water signifies birth and the fruitfulness of life given in the Holy Spirit, fire symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. the prayer of the prophet Elijah, who "arose like fire" and whose "word burned like a torch," brought down fire from heaven on the sacrifice on Mount Carmel.37 This event was a "figure" of the fire of the Holy Spirit, who…
§2582Elijah is the "father" of the prophets, "the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob."30 Elijah's name, "The Lord is my God," foretells the people's cry in response to his prayer on Mount Carmel.31 St. James refers to Elijah in order to encourage us to pray: "The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective."32

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:60 — That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
  • 1Kgs 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.
  • 1Kgs 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.
  • 1Kgs 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.
  • 2Chr 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 pr
  • 2Kgs 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven an
  • Gen 17:3 — And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
  • Jer 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Jer 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t
  • Num 14:5 — Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
  • Ps 118:27 — God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.